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A really cute book

A must read! I couldn't put it down!

An excellent juvenile history of the Salem Witch TrialsThis book certainly does not pull any punches in terms of providing details, naming names and such. Dolan makes it clear that the Puritans really did believe there were witches and pays some attention to exactly what that meant during those times. Consequently, Dolan is able to explain why certain women were obvious victims for the hysteria that came to pass. If anything, Doran pays less attention to the young girls who made the accusations and more to how the accused were tried, convicted and executed, which certainly seems appropriate all things considered. This book is illustrated with historic etchings and paintings, some rather contemporary I would imagine, as well as a photograph of one of the gravestones of a man pressed to death because he would not confess. This book is much more informative than one usually finds for this grade level and does an excellent job of not only relating the event, but explaining it and assessing its key parts. Dolan even makes an effort to end on an optimistic note by saying the trials had a healthy effect on the country as American law took a major step away from superstition.


Salem Witchcraft

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