trials (witchcraft)

Presents the events of the Salem witch trials from three different perspectives, a minister, an accused witch, and the accuser.

"Examines the major witchcraft trials in US history. Readers decide what they would do, and then find out what really happened"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the infamous Salem Witch Trials in colonial Massachusetts, their aftermath, and their effects on the American psyche.

Explores the history of witch trials, discussing the execution of people in medieval Europe and colonial America for practicing witchcraft.

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.

Draws upon archival research to present a daily account ofthe Salem witch scare and trials from January 1692 to January 1697.

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.