salem (mass.)

An account of the madness that overtook Salem Village, Massachusetts, when several young girls accused a number of adults in the community of being witches.

For 15-year-old Sarah Owen, having a scientist father is a blessing and a curse. He doesn't bat an eye at her pyschic abilities, since he researches them; and she knows more about the invisible worlds of microbes, electricity, and gravity than most girls in the 17th Century. But when Sarah travels to the Americas with her father to do more research, she's shipwrecked and lands for a time on the Gullah Islands. Later, when the plantation owners find her and send her north to Salem, Massachusetts, her abilities get her into trouble.

Follows the Pyncheon family who lived for generations under a dead man's curse until his death restored their house.

Presents critical essays on Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

Includes a brief biography of Arthur Miller, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

A four-act play about the witch hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts.

The diary of a sixteen-year-old free African-American who lived in Massachusetts in 1854 records her schooling, participation in the antislavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.

Presents information on the lives, behaviors, and beliefs of British colonists living in New England in 1692 in order to explain how it was possible for the people to turn against their neighbors with accusations of witchcraft.

Presents information for young people on what really happened in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 when a group of girls and young women accused certain people in the village of witchcraft, leading to the executions of innocent men and women.

Contains essays in which the author consider issues related to the witch trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, discussing possible reasons why the witch hunt occurred, and considering the motivations of the accusers, as well as the innocents who confessed.