Witchcraft Myths in American Culture - Paperbackby Marion Gibson (Author) A fascinating examination of how Americans think about and write about witches, from the 'real' witches tried and sometimes executed in early New England to modern re imaginings of witches as pagan priestesses, comic strip heroines, and feminist icons. Author Biography Marion Gibson is Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter's Cornwall Campus. Her previous books include Reading Witchcraft (Routledge, 1999), Early Modern