The Salem Witch Trials : A Crisis in Puritan New England [1 ed.] 9781534560406, 9781534560390

Mass hysteria in the late 17th century led to trials of people suspected to be witches in Salem, Massachusetts. Anyone c

172 106 15MB

English Pages 106 Year 2016

The Salem Witch Trials : A Crisis in Puritan New England [1 ed.]
9781534560406, 9781534560390

444 105 26MB Read more

In the late 17th century, the Salem Witch Trials led to the executions of 20 innocent people. Many explanations have bee

185 76 36MB Read more

Intrigue your readers with one of the strangest events in American history. Mass hysteria struck colonial Massachusetts

179 54 17MB Read more

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. In a plain meetinghouse, a woman stands before her judges. The accusers, girls and young wom

757 126 38MB Read more

In this important book, Elaine Breslaw claims to have rediscovered Tituba, the elusive, mysterious, and often mythologiz

217 72 108MB Read more

This detailed volume tells the dark story of the Salem witchcraft trials with a lively narrative and primary source docu

158 6 9MB Read more

201 29 2MB Read more

A new look at Thomas Morton, his controversial colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans

238 38 4MB Read more

549 138 5MB Read more

By reconstructing the aural culture of sermons in Puritan New England, Neuman shifts our attention from the pulpit to th

166 61 2MB Read more