The Witchcraft of Salem Village - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Witchcraft of Salem Village write by Shirley Jackson. This book was released on 2011-02-02. The Witchcraft of Salem Village available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 named 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.
In the Devil's Snare
In the Devil's Snare - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In the Devil's Snare write by Mary Beth Norton. This book was released on 2007-12-18. In the Devil's Snare available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 living 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 Salem Witchcraft Trials
The Salem Witchcraft Trials - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Salem Witchcraft Trials write by Karen Zeinert. This book was released on 1989. The Salem Witchcraft Trials available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A vivid account of the hysteria that enveloped Salem and of the 19 people who lost their lives as a result.
The Witches
The Witches - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Witches write by Stacy Schiff. This book was released on 2015-10-27. The Witches available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 minister'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 Astronomer & the Witch
The Astronomer & the Witch - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Astronomer & the Witch write by Ulinka Rublack. This book was released on 2015. The Astronomer & the Witch available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In The Astronomer and the Witch, Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one that takes us to the heart of his changing world.
