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Story of the Salem Witch Trials by Bryan F. LeBeau (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrentice Hall PTR

ISBN-100134425421

ISBN-139780134425429

eBay Product ID (ePID)358981

Product Key Features

Number of Pages308 Pages

Publication NameStory of the Salem Witch Trials

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

SubjectWitchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBody, Mind & Spirit, History

AuthorBryan F. Lebeau

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN97-005456

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal133.43097445

Table Of Content 1. A Biography of a Terrible, but Perfectly Normal Superstition. 2. Having Familiarity with the Devil. 3. The Evil Hand is upon Them. 4. Is Not this a Brand Plucked from the Burning? 5. If They are Let Alone, We Should All be Devils and Witches. 6. God Will Deliver Us Out of the Hands of Unmerciful Men. 7. God Will Give You Blood to Drink. 8. What a Sad Thing it is to See Eight Firebrands of Hell Hanging There. 9. It were Better that Ten Suspected Witches Should Escape, than that One Innocent Person Should be Condemned. 10. Ruined in the Mistaken Mismanagement of the Terrible Affair Called Witchcraft. Epilogue. Notes. A Select Bibliography. Appendix. Index.

SynopsisThis book provides a one volume narrative of Salem Witch Trials that combines scholarly research with a dramatic narrative. It places the trials into the historical context of the Great European Witch Hunt and of the social and cultural context of witch hunting in 17th century New England.KEY TOPICS: The book presents events in a narrative format that delivers the drama of the trials and leaves readers free to explore specific topics of their choosing in greater depth through an analysis of key issues at the end of most chapters. It includes a chapter on the Great European Witch Hunt which puts the Salem Witch Trials into historical context as well as a chapter on witch hunting in 17th century New England which provides an immediate social and cultural context.MARKETS: A fascinating and relevant book for any reader who wishes to learn more about this much misunderstood event in early American history., Provides a synthesis of the major schools of thought on the Salem witch trials. Places the events in a historical context, both of 17th century New England and of the great European witch-hunt, which lasted some three centuries. Employs a narrative format intended to make the subject more accessible, Appropriate as a supplementary text for undergraduate survey courses in U.S. history and Colonial American history. This book provides a much needed synthesis of the recent scholarship on the Salem Witch Trials. It places the trials into context of the Great European Witch Hunt and of witch hunting in 17th century New England within an accessible narrative format that is as dramatic as it is informative.

LC Classification NumberKFM2478.8.W5L43 1998