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What secrets will she uncover about Deliverance Dane? Everyone has heard about Tituba in the nonfiction realm, but in fictional books about the Witch Trials, Tituba is largely missing. A biographical literary fiction book on the Salem Witch Trials, Crane Pond explores a fresh, unique narrative. Samuel Sewall considers himself a fair judge and a good Puritan.

Having played a large role in the Salem Witch Trials, he is one of the only judges to later come forward and publically apologize for his role in the death of so many innocent people. Crane Pond is a Salem book that places an emphasis on religion, the law, and faith coming together. See how each of these forces creates an extremely regrettable and evil time in history.

She wants to make her mark in the world, including earning her own salary. Lauren takes up work for year-old librarian, Abigail Boyles. Tasked with transcribing the journal entries of her ancestor, Mercy Hayworth, Lauren learns more about the Salem witch trials and herself. Travel around the world with a book a month as part of our Uncorked Reading Challenge.

Never be late to the party again with the best new book releases. Get book recs straight to your inbox. Sign Up Now. The book offers a day-by-day recollection of the Salem townsfolk as they jumped into madness and panic. For nonfiction books set in Salem, read The Witches. Published in , Schiff examines mass hysteria and public anxiety.

Schiff is also an infamous historian and Pulitzer Prize winner. Read even more books set in Massachusetts. In , Salem witnessed the largest and most deadly witchcraft hysteria in America. The alleged enchanted ailments led to the deaths of over 19 innocent people. In A Storm of Witchcraft, Baker attempts to show how politics, war, and religion supplemented scapegoating and terror. Popular imagination and the perfect combination of events fueled the stake fire.

Salem Possessed is a Salem Witch Trials book perfect for nonfiction lovers looking for commentary on the nature of society and cause and effect. Historians Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum discuss the social dynamics and pressures that lead to the hangings at Gallows Hill. Learn more about the people involved in the Salem Witch Trials and how they became deeply invested and entangled in the drama they created.

Uniquely, these historians pull from lesser told information. Nissenbaum and Boyer tie in capitalism, the dissolution of Puritan beliefs, and the growing problems that farmers faced with population changes. Hawthorne tells the haunting story of a feud between two families cursed as the result of the Pyncheon family building the house on stolen land. Throughout the story, find a gloomy atmosphere and many peculiar people.

There are all kinds of spooky goings-on within the walls of the seemingly haunted house. Walk through the mysterious hidden stairway behind the fireplace and pretend you are a part of the story. The Crucible is one of the first novels about the Salem Witch Trials that we read in high school.

The play follows the life of Abigail Williams, a Puritan girl who lives in Salem in Perfect for getting a feel for how utterly hysterical Salem was during the witch trials, this screenplay pulls you in and makes you feel like you could be Judge Corwin who once lived in The Witch House , sitting in the courtroom as accusations fly.

The girls at St. Tics, seizures, and hair loss start plaguing the school, causing rumors, accusations, and of course, mass panic. Sound familiar? Hemphill is a coveted Printz Honor winner. Each girl plays a critical role in the witch hysteria. Plus, those consequences are just as condemning.

Find romance, jealousy, bullying, and a Salem novel that questions our values. Now hiding her newly discovered identity and facing her own religious persecution, Mary struggles to fit in with the Puritans in the New World. Religious intolerance meets witchcraft with a flair for the supernatural is what Kirkus and Horn Magazine deem an outstanding Salem Witch Trials novel. A descendant of Cotton Mather — ekk —she is met with a club of Descendants on the other side. However, there is also a curse haunting their town.

If they cannot work together, history might repeat itself. Named one of the best Salem Witch Trials books by SLJ , The Witches uses black, white, and red scratchboard illustrations paired with a nonfiction narrative to bring readers back to the Salem Witch Trials.

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The Highland Witch by Susan Fletcher 4. The Familiars by Stacey Halls 3. McCarthyism was the accusations against people who were deemed communist. In the 50's, communism was seen as a serious threat to America.

Joe McCarthy took measures into his own hands by accusing government workers of communism, and created blacklist which accused citizens of communism, making it difficult for them to find jobs Sowers, 1.

These accusation had little proof, as did the witch accusations of Salem in The same activity went on in Salem, but it was more of a blind belief of accusations rather than searching for them. Arthur miller wrote the crucible to show the public that the event that were currently going on had already happened in , and caused nothing but pain. The red scare was the false accusation of communism on citizens, and it was basically very similar to the Salem Witch Trials.

People could claim you to be a communist and you would be charged. In all, we have seen how without proper trial and reasoning, you cannot prove anyone guilty. In Salem village in , or all across America in the 50's, we have seen how these accusations and lies have ruined communities, families, and ended peoples lives.

Today, we look back on these events as comedy, but it was no laughing matter in the days of the accusations. Burns, Margo. Linder, Douglas. Whittaker, Duke. There was a problem submitting your report.

Please contact Adobe Support. If you feel that this video content violates the Adobe Terms of Use , you may report this content by filling out this quick form. Salem Witch Trials Fact vs. Theories Although there has not been a proven source of why the girls in Salem started the which-craft hysteria, but there are a few theories that could possibly explain it.

Communism McCarthyism McCarthyism was the accusations against people who were deemed communist. Arthur Miller Arthur miller wrote the crucible to show the public that the event that were currently going on had already happened in , and caused nothing but pain.

Summary In all, we have seen how without proper trial and reasoning, you cannot prove anyone guilty. Ellis, Lacey. Made with Adobe Slate Make your words and images move. All rights reserved.