num_pages: 182
description: CRUSADE OF TERROR!In 1692 Salem, Massachusetts was witness to a terrifying chapter in American history. It began with a strange sickness that attacked a small group of girls: making weird, animal-like sounds, they fell to the floor in convulsions. Charged with tormenting the children by witchcraft, three women were arrested and brought to trial. What followed was an outbreak of violent persecution against a supposed plague of witches. Accused by the "afflicted" girls and condemned by a fanatic judge, hundreds of innocent people were sent to prison and scores to their death at Gallows Hill.How did this madness end? And was there an explanation for this extraordinary happening in Salem village?
language: English
title: The Devil's Shadow: The Story of Witchcraft in Massachusetts
publisher: Pocket Books