Salem Witch Trials
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1692
1693
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archival research
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day-by-day narrative
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Marilynne K. Roach
metaphysical
Nathaniel Hawthorne
New England
non-fiction
paranoia
Puritan New England
regional history
religious persecution
Salem Village
Salem Witch Trials
supernatural
The Crucible
The Scarlet Letter
true crime
true story
Product details
- ISBN 9781589791329
- Weight: 968g
- Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 22 Sep 2004
- Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Based on twenty-seven years of original archival research, including the discovery of previously unknown documents, this day-by-day narrative of the hysteria that swept through Salem Village in 1692 and 1693 reveals new connections behind the events, and shows how rapidly a community can descend into bloodthirsty madness. Roach opens her work with chapters on the history of the Puritan colonies of New England, and explains how these people regarded the metaphysical and the supernatural. The account of the days from January 1692 to March 1693 keeps in order the large cast of characters, places events in their correct contexts, and occasionally contradicts earlier assumptions about the gruesome events. The last chapter discusses the remarkable impact of the events, pointing out how the 300th anniversary of the trials made headlines in Japan and Australia.
Marilynne K. Roach, author and illustrator of In the Days of the Salem Witchcraft Trials and former contributor to the Boston Globe, lives in Watertown, Massachusetts, near Boston.
