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The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Of Cleopatra, The #1 National Bestseller, Unpacks The Mystery Of The Salem Witch Trials. It Began In 1692, Over An Exceptionally Raw Massachusetts Winter, When A Mini...ster's Daughter Began To Scream And Convulse. It Ended Less Than A Year Later, But Not Before 19 Men And Women Had Been Hanged And An Elderly Man Crushed To Death. The Panic Spread Quickly, Involving The Most Educated Men And Prominent Politicians In The Colony. Neighbors Accused Neighbors, Parents And Children Each Other. Aside From Suffrage, The Salem Witch Trials Represent The Only Moment When Women Played The Central Role In American History. In Curious Ways, The Trials Would Shape The Future Republic. As Psychologically Thrilling As It Is Historically Seminal, The Witches Is Stacy Schiff's Account Of This Fantastical Story-the First Great American Mystery Unveiled Fully For The First Time By One Of Our Most Acclaimed Historians.
The Witchcraft of Salem Village
Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village. But a group of young girls ignored those rules, spellbound by the tales told by a woman name...d Tituba. When questioned about their activities, the terrified girls set off a whirlwind of controversy as they accused townsperson after townsperson of being witches. Author Shirley Jackson examines in careful detail this horrifying true story of accusations, trials, and executions that shook a community to its foundations. Describes the social and religious conditions surrounding the Salem witch hunts, the extensive trials and executions, and the aftermath of the hysteria.
A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
This acclaimed history illuminates the horrifying episode of Salem with visceral clarity, from those who fanned the crisis to satisfy personal vendettas to the four-year-old "witch" chained to a dank ...prison wall in darkness till she went mad. Antonia Fraser called it "a grisly read and an engrossing one." This compelling study of the horrific Salem witch trials--the first of its kind in over 45 years--draws strength from new psychological insights into the roots of the hysteria that spurred the witch hunts of the late 1600s, and links them with contemporary "witch hunts" of the 20th century.
In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
Award-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this startlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study. In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were l...iving in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees—including the main accusers of witches—had fled to communities like Salem. Meanwhile the colony’s leaders, defensive about their own failure to protect the frontier, pondered how God’s people could be suffering at the hands of savages. Struck by the similarities between what the refugees had witnessed and what the witchcraft “victims” described, many were quick to see a vast conspiracy of the Devil (in league with the French and the Indians) threatening New England on all sides. By providing this essential context to the famous events, and by casting her net well beyond the borders of Salem itself, Norton sheds new light on one of the most perplexing and fascinating periods in our history. The New York Times Book Review "In the Devil's Snare" is a rabble-rouser of a book.
Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. In a plain meetinghouse a woman stands before her judges. The accusers, girls and young women, are fervent and overexcited. The accused is a poor, unpopular woman who had h...er first child before she was married. As the trial proceeds the girls begin to wail, tear their clothing, and scream that the woman is hurting them. Some of them expose wounds to the horrified onlookers, holding out the pins that have stabbed them — pins that appeared as if by magic. Are they acting or are they really tormented by an unseen evil? Whatever the cause, the nightmare has begun: The witch trials will eventually claim twenty-five lives, shatter the community, and forever shape the American social conscience.Publishers WeeklyIn a starred review, PW wrote, "The author dramatically and convincingly sets the stage for the now infamous 1692 Salem witch trials, then ably deconstructs much of the misinformation that has been perpetuated through popular theories and personalities (e.g., Tituba, etc.)." Ages 12-up. (Aug.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry Into the Salem Witch Trials
this Historical Narrative Of The Salem Witch Trials Takes Its Dialogue From Actual Trial Records But Applies Modern Psychiatric Knowledge To The Witchcraft Hysteria. Starkey's Sense Of Drama Also Vivi...dly Recreates The Atmosphere Of Pity And Terror That Fostered The Evil And Suffering Of This Human Tragedy.
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
Something Wicked Was Brewing In The Small Town Of Salem, Massachusetts In 1692. It Started When Two Girls, Betty Parris And Abigail Williams, Began Having Hysterical Fits. Soon After, Other Local Girl...s Claimed They Were Being Pricked With Pins. With No Scientific Explanation Available, The Residents Of Salem Came To One Conclusion: It Was Witchcraft! Over The Next Year And A Half, Nineteen People Were Convicted Of Witchcraft And Hanged While More Languished In Prison As Hysteria Swept The Colony. Author Joan Holub Gives Readers And Inside Look At This Sinister Chapter In History.-provided By Publisher.
A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
Beginning In January 1692, Salem Village In Colonial Massachusetts Witnessed The Largest And Most Lethal Outbreak Of Witchcraft In Early America. Villagers--mainly Young Women--suffered From Unseen To...rments That Caused Them To Writhe, Shriek, And Contort Their Bodies, Complaining Of Pins Stuck Into Their Flesh And Of Being Haunted By Specters. Believing That They Suffered From Assaults By An Invisible Spirit, The Community Began A Hunt To Track Down Those Responsible For The Demonic Work. The Resulting Salem Witch Trials, Culminating In The Execution Of 19 Villagers, Persists As One Of The Most Mysterious And Fascinating Events In American History. Historians Have Speculated On A Web Of Possible Causes For The Witchcraft That Stated In Salem And Spread Across The Region-religious Crisis, Ergot Poisoning, An Encephalitis Outbreak, Frontier War Hysteria--but Most Agree That There Was No Single Factor. Rather, As Emerson Baker Illustrates In This Seminal New Work, Salem Was A Perfect Storm: A Unique Convergence Of Conditions And Events That Produced Something Extraordinary Throughout New England In 1692 And The Following Years, And Which Has Haunted Us Ever Since. Baker Shows How A Range Of Factors In The Bay Colony In The 1690s, Including A New Charter And Government, A Lethal Frontier War, And Religious And Political Conflicts, Set The Stage For The Dramatic Events In Salem. Engaging A Range Of Perspectives, He Looks At The Key Players In The Outbreak--the Accused Witches And The People They Allegedly Bewitched, As Well As The Judges And Government Officials Who Prosecuted Them--and Wrestles With Questions About Why The Salem Tragedy Unfolded As It Did, And Why It Has Become An Enduring Legacy. -- Amazon.com Viewed On October 9, 2014. Introduction: An Old Valueless Cabinet -- Satan's Storm -- The City Upon A Hill -- Drawing Battle Lines In Salem Village -- The Aflicted -- The Accused -- The Judges -- An Inextinguishable Flame -- Salem End -- Witch City? -- Appendices. Emerson W. Baker. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 303-366) And Index.
The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege
the Salem Witch Trials Is Based On Over Twenty-five Years Of Archival Research—including The Author's Discovery Of Previously Unknown Documents—newly Found Cases And Court Records. From Ja...nuary 1692 To January 1697 This History Unfolds A Nearly Day-by-day Narrative Of The Crisis As The Citizens Of New England Experienced It. publishers Weekly the Salem Witch Trials Of 1692-1693 Remain One Of The Enigmas Of American History. How Did The Witchcraft Hysteria Come About? Did The Imaginations Of The Townspeople Run Wild So That They Viewed Unneighborly Acts As An Evil Threat Promulgated By Satan's Minions? Roach (in The Days Of The Salem Witchcraft Trial) Answers These And Other Questions In Her Monumental Daily Chronology Of The Trial Years. She Introduces Her Account With An Exhaustive Narrative History Of The Salem Community From 1661 To 1691. With Workmanlike Precision, She Provides Historical Details-such As The Conflicts Between Church Congregations And Ministers And The Increasing Frequency Of Indian Attacks-as She Contends That The Hysteria Arose Most Likely From The Political, Religious And Social Turmoil Of The Time. Using Newly Available Diaries, Journals And Letters, Roach Then Reconstructs, For The First Time, Daily Life During The Height Of The Witch Trials As Well As Accounts Of Court Proceedings, Arrests And Suspects' Confessions. In An Epilogue, Roach Shows That, Just A Decade After The Trials, Preachers Sought Repentance For The Injustices Done And That The Desire To Right The Wrongs Of The Trials Lasted Well Into The 19th Century. Roach's Detailed Reference Book Provides Deep Insights Into The Trial Years By Letting Us Listen To The Voices Of Everyone Involved. 35 B&w Illus. And Maps. (oct.) Forecasts: Roach's Book Will Provide A Nice Companion To Mary Beth Norton's In The Devil's Snare (forecasts, July 1), Also Being Released In October; Booksellers Who Display Them Together May See Increased Sales. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
