Seneca Possessed: Indians, Witchcraft, and Power in the Early American Republic, Paperback - Matthew Dennis

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Philip H. (Michigan State University, USA) HowardIllustration(s): 8 bw illusNumber of page...

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