![]() ![]() The Witches subtitled Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem in the. Drawing masterfully on the archives, Schiff introduces us to the strains of Puritan adolescent life and the vulnerability of wilderness settlements adrift from the mother country, and she brilliantly aligns them with our own anxieties: religious provocations, crowdsourcing and invisible enemies. The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff is an exhaustive (and at times. The witch trials ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death. The panic spread quickly, as neighbors accused neighbors, husbands accused wives and parents, and children accused each other. The panic began during a raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's niece began to writhe and roar. Women's suffrage, Prohibition and the Salem witch trials are three rare moments when women played a central role in American history, and in Salem it was adolescent girls who stood at center stage. ![]() ![]() The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem By Stacy Schiff Cover. The panic began early in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a ministers niece began to writhe and roar. ![]() The Witches is Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff's account of a primal mystery. The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World (Hardcover). Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize Winner Author, The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem ![]()
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