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- Author: Diane Foulds
- Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
- ISBN-10: 0762784970
- ISBN-13: 9780762784974
- Format: 13.7 x 21.3 x 2 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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Salem witchcraft will always have a magnetic pull on the American psyche. During the 1692 witch trials, more than 150 people were arrested. An estimated 25 million Americans--including author Diane Foulds--are descended from the twenty individuals executed. What happened to our ancestors? Death in Salem is the first book to take a clear-eyed look at this complex time, by examining the lives of the witch trial participants from a personal perspective. Massachusetts settlers led difficult lives; every player in the Salem drama endured hardships barely imaginable today. Mercy Short, one of the bewitched girls, watched as Indians butchered her parents; Puritan minister Cotton Mather outlived all but three of his fifteen children. Such tragedies shaped behavior and, as Foulds argues, ultimately played a part in the witch hunt's outcome. A compelling who's who to Salem witchcraft, Death in Salem profiles each of these historical personalities as it asks: Why was this person targeted?
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- Author: Diane Foulds
- Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
- ISBN-10: 0762784970
- ISBN-13: 9780762784974
- Format: 13.7 x 21.3 x 2 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
Salem witchcraft will always have a magnetic pull on the American psyche. During the 1692 witch trials, more than 150 people were arrested. An estimated 25 million Americans--including author Diane Foulds--are descended from the twenty individuals executed. What happened to our ancestors? Death in Salem is the first book to take a clear-eyed look at this complex time, by examining the lives of the witch trial participants from a personal perspective. Massachusetts settlers led difficult lives; every player in the Salem drama endured hardships barely imaginable today. Mercy Short, one of the bewitched girls, watched as Indians butchered her parents; Puritan minister Cotton Mather outlived all but three of his fifteen children. Such tragedies shaped behavior and, as Foulds argues, ultimately played a part in the witch hunt's outcome. A compelling who's who to Salem witchcraft, Death in Salem profiles each of these historical personalities as it asks: Why was this person targeted?
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