Death in Salem : The Private Lives Behind The 1692 Witch Hunt (9780762784974)
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?
Product details
- Paperback | 288 pages
- 140 x 216 x 20.32mm | 20g
- 06 Oct 2013
- ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
- Globe Pequot Press
- Old Saybrook, United States
- English
- 0762784970
- 9780762784974
- 754,576
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