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Tues 8/27 Introduction to the Course

 * Personal Introductions
 * Syllabus Review
 * Housekeeping

Viewings/Readings

 * Watch Stephen Pinker’s Ted Talk “The Better Angels of Our Nature”
 * Harold Schechter’s Introdcution to True Crime Anthology
 * Harold Schechter's Interview on True Crime

Readings

 * Link to the email sent to all students with links to the readings, expectations, etc.
 * Pillars of Salt: An Anthology of Early American Crime Fiction, Daniel E. Williams Introduction
 * Cotton Mather’s collection of “Pillars of Salt” narratives. Please note: the third set of pages (82-83) in this pdf are mistakenly duplicated here, simply disregard them.

Readings

 * Esther Rodgers's The Declaration &amp; Confession of Esther Rodgers
 * Patience Boston's The Faithful Narrative of the Wicked Life of Patience Boston
 * Owen Syllavan A Short Account of the Life off John ********* ALias Owen Syllavan