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Death in Salem - The Private Lives Behind The 1692 Witch Hunt (Paperback)
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Death in Salem - The Private Lives Behind The 1692 Witch Hunt (Paperback)
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Loot Price R342
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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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