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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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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Death in Salem
• Subtitle: The Private Lives Behind the 1692 Witch Hunt
• Author: Diane Foulds
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780762784974
• ISBN: 0762784970
• ID: 09234919
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Weight: 368 g
• Dimensions: 140 × 215 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. August 2013

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