Explores the history of the Salem Witch Trials in the 1690s, discussing the origin of the panic of the Salem community about witches and devil worship, highlighting this period of time as one of the few moments in American history where women have played a central role.
"Examines the major witchcraft trials in US history. Readers decide what they would do, and then find out what really happened"--Provided by publisher.
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.
The Pyncheons, having lived for generations under the curse of a supposed witch who once occupied the land on which the family mansion was built, gain a new lease on life with the arrival of young Phoebe Pyncheon.
Retells, in graphic novel format, the story of the Salem Witch Trials, during which eighteen people were hanged, five died in jail, and another was killed after being accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1600s.
