salem (mass.)

In 1693, the village of Salem, Massachusetts was overcome with superstitious hysteria. At the peak of the madness someone hundred fifty people, male and female, were accused of being witches. Twenty of them were executed.

Contains the script for the theater production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," in which a scorned young woman sets off a wave of hysteria in seventeenth-century Salem after accusing her lover's wife of witchcraft, and includes a screenplay based on the script.

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

The Salem witch trials of 1692 are brought vividly to life in this compelling adaptation of Arthur Miller's play.

Follows the Pyncheon family living for years in a home under a man's curse until his death restores the peace of their house.

A prominent New England family suffering under a curse is plagued by greed, vengeful acts, and violent death.

Against the backdrop of the seventeenth-century Salem witch trials, a woman extracts revenge against her married paramour by charging that he and his wife are sorcerers.

Told from two different perspectives, this novel, set against the backdrop of the Salem Witch Trials, follows Elizabeth Putnam, who is accused of witchcraft, and her best friend George, who must choose between the beliefs of his community and what he knows to be true.