What were the Salem Witch Trials?
"Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the resident...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
[2015]
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| Summary: | "Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hysteria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this sinister chapter in history."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 106). |
| ISBN: | 9780448479057 0448479052 9781480675483 1480675482 9780606367615 0606367616 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
