num_pages: 128
description: In this fascinating, thought-provoking book, master historian Milton Meltzer examines witch-hunts from around the world. From fifteenth-century France to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, from Adolf Hitler to Joseph McCarthy, devastating witch-hunts were fed by superstition and have threatened societies with their hysteria.Here is a book that presents the truth behind the frenzy, taking an engaging yet sobering look at prejudice, discrimination, and murder practiced in the name of the betterment of society.
language: English
title: Witches and Witch Hunts: A History of Persecution
titlecomplete: Witches and Witch Hunts: A History of Persecution
genres: Religion, Witches, Juvenile, Nonfiction, Occult, History
ratings_count: 131
publisher: Blue Sky Press