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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The witches: Salem, 1692 The witches: Salem, 1692 Stacy Schiff The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials. It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a min… OL17269256W
Witchcraft at Salem Witchcraft at Salem Chadwick Hansen Describes the turmoil and tragedy of witch hunts and trials for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. OL18011204W
The Salem witchcraft trials The Salem witchcraft trials Geraldine Woods Examines the events surrounding the Salem Witchcraft Trials and the unjust treatment of those who were falsely accused. OL18178058W
A trial of witches A trial of witches Gilbert Geis A case study of the witchcraft trial of two women in 1662 Lowestoft, England, including a description of the accusers and prosecutors and an analysis of the trial itself, which was cited as a precede… OL1898424W
Salem possessed Salem possessed Paul S. Boyer "The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion which had been growing for more than a generation before building toward the climactic witch trials. Salem … OL2024847W
In the Days of the Salem Witchcraft Trials In the Days of the Salem Witchcraft Trials Marilynne K. Roach Reveals the world in which the trials took place in New England and the events and the people who were part of these events. OL2050481W
The Salem witch trials The Salem witch trials Lori Lee Wilson Discusses the witchcraft trials in Salem in 1692, the events leading up to them, and how the trials have been viewed by different historians since then. OL3273347W
Kepler's Witch Kepler's Witch James A. Connor Set against the backdrop of the witchcraft trial of his mother, this lively biography of Johannes Kepler – 'the Protestant Galileo' and 16th century mathematician and astronomer – reveals the surpris… OL4626488W
The Salem witch trials The Salem witch trials Jenny MacBain Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the witch hunt and trials that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, in the seventeenth century. OL5951364W