The Salem witch trials
By: by Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Brindell Fradin.
Contributors: Fradin, Dennis B.
Series: Turning points in U.S. history
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tarrytown, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761430131
Subjects: Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Juvenile literature; Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- Juvenile literature; Salem (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: "Covers the Salem Witch Trials as a watershed event in U.S. history, influencing social, economic, and political policies that shaped the nation's future"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Suspition of acts of witchcraft; title: Witchcraft in the old world; title: Witches in America; title: The witch scare begins at Salem; title: The Salem witch hunt; title: The Salem witch trials; title: The executions; title: The madness ends; title: How did it happen and what are its lessons?.