Hill, Frances

Illuminates the "witch hunts" of Salem Village, Massachusetts, from the opportunistic Putnam clan, who fanned the crisis to satisfy personal vendettas and greed, to four-year-old "witch" Dorcas Good, chained to a dank prison wall in darkness till she went mad.

Provides actual documents from the Salem Witch Trials, including transcripts of the examinations of suspected witches, eyewitness accounts, and the testimony of those who were accussed of satanic acts.

Reexamines the Salem witch trials in light of modern psychology and feminism.

Neighborhood children imaginatively stage funerals for dead bugs, but they experience real sadness following the death of a pet.

Reexamines the Salem witch trials in light of modern psychology and feminism.