Pre-Owned Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Hardcover) 1250283329 9781250283320

Name: Pre-Owned Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Hardcover) 1250283329 9781250283320
Brand: St. Martin's Press
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Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Hardcover)

Explores the historical events surrounding the Salem witch trials
Offers insights into the societal fears and hysteria of the time
Engaging narrative style that combines history with storytelling
ISBN-10: 1250283329
ISBN-13: 9781250283320

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Hardcover
Fiction/nonfiction
Non-Fiction
Publication date
October, 2023
Pages
304
Reading level
Grade 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press

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The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller!

Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined.

Killing the Witches tells the dramatic history of how the Puritan tradition and the power of early American ministers shaped the origins of the United States, influencing the founding fathers, the American Revolution, and even the Constitutional Convention. The repercussions of Salem continue to the present day, notably in the real-life story behind The Exorcist and in contemporary "witch hunts" driven by social media. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, community panic, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason.

Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Hardcover)

Explores the historical events surrounding the Salem witch trials
Offers insights into the societal fears and hysteria of the time
Engaging narrative style that combines history with storytelling
ISBN-10: 1250283329
ISBN-13: 9781250283320

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