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Witch-hunt : Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials (Reprint)
Publisher :
Atheneum
Published Date : 2005/09
Binding : Paperback
ISBN : 9781416903154
BookWeb Price : MYR 37.96 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : MYR 34.16 Availability Status : Available for order from suppliers. Usually dispatches within 3 weeks. Language : English |
Book Description
Source: ENG
Academic Descriptors: A16504640 X10501000
Place of Publication: United States
Subject Development: History
Review:
SLJ Reviews 2003 December
SLJ Reviews 2004 October
Horn Book Magazine Reviews 2004 #1
Horn Book Guide Reviews 2004 Spring
Books For Growing Minds-June/July 2005
Academic Descriptors: A16504640 X10501000
Place of Publication: United States
Subject Development: History
Review:
SLJ Reviews 2003 December
SLJ Reviews 2004 October
Horn Book Magazine Reviews 2004 #1
Horn Book Guide Reviews 2004 Spring
Books For Growing Minds-June/July 2005
Table of Contents
Note to the Reader x
A Note About the Images in This Book xiv
On Spelling, Word Usage, and Dates in This Book xv
Introduction: Of Dark Forests and Midnight 1 (2)
Thoughts
``The Queen of Hell'' 3 (4)
Two Familiar Fairy Tales 7 (7)
Skittering Shadows 14 (2)
Belief or Fraud? 16 (5)
PROLOGUE: Boston, 1688: The Possession of the 21 (186)
Goodwin Children
Mather vs Glover 23 (2)
Of Meetinghouses and the Blood of Wolves: 25 (6)
The Puritan Journey
Testing a Witch 31 (4)
Exploring the Invisible World 35 (2)
Lessons and Warnings 37 (4)
Two Salem Families, 1641--1692 41 (14)
The Putnams and the Porters 43 (6)
The Theft 49 (3)
A Minister's Warnings 52 (3)
Two Mysteries 55 (20)
The First Mystery 57 (5)
The Second Mystery 62 (5)
The Second Mystery Deepens 67 (8)
The Mysteries End and the Hearings Begin 75 (14)
The Usual Suspects 77 (5)
Tituba's Confession 82 (7)
The Accuser: Ann Putnam Jr. 89 (14)
Biting, Pinching, and Choking 91 (5)
Of Tests and Wishes 96 (7)
The One and the Many 103(20)
Martha Corey 105(9)
``Confess and Give Glory to God'' 114(9)
From Hearings to Trials 123(18)
``Alas, Alas, Alas, Witchcraft'' 125(5)
To Hear and Decide 130(4)
One Dead: Bridget Bishop 134(7)
The Man in Black 141(14)
Vengeful Ghosts 143(4)
Two Men in Black 147(8)
``Choosing Death with a Quiet Conscience'' 155(18)
``If I Would Confess, I Should Have My 157(6)
Life''
A Confused Jury 163(2)
``Till the Blood Was Ready to Come Out of 165(8)
Their Noses''
``That No More Innocent Blood Be Shed'' 173(16)
Mary Easty 175(6)
``It Was All False'' 181(3)
``I Do Most Heartily, Fervently, and 184(5)
Humbly Beseech Pardon''
``A Great Delusion of Satan'' 189(18)
Ann Putnam Jr. Speaks 191(11)
Wheels Within Wheels 202(5)
EPILOGUE: Explaining Salem 207(14)
Fraud, Witches, Hysterics, Hallucinators 209(12)
APPENDIX: The Crucible, Witch-Hunt, and 221(13)
Religion: Crossing Points of Many Histories
Timeline of Milestones in Puritan History 229(1)
Important Dates in Puritan History Before 229(2)
1692
Chronology of Events in the Salem Witch 231(3)
Crisis
Notes and Comments 234(22)
Bibliography 256(5)
Index 261
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