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Bill o'Reilly's Killing Ser.: Killing the Witches : The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts by Martin Dugard and Bill O'Reilly (2023, Hardcover)

The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined. Killing the Witches tells the dramatic history of how the Puritan tradition and the power of early American ministers shaped the origins of the United States, influencing the founding fathers, the American Revolution, and even the Constitutional Convention. The repercussions of Salem continue to the present day, notably in the real-life story behind The Exorcist and in contemporary "witch hunts" driven by social media. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, community panic, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason.

Book Title
Killing the Witches : the Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
Author
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), Violence in Society
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages

Lc Classification Number
F74.S1o74 2023
Reviews
"A near-perfect read about hysteria, cancel culture, and the history of religious freedom. . . The authors allow the facts to rattle, provoke, and horrify the reader." - Front Page Magazine
Lccn
2023-023646
Dewey Decimal
974.4502
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Bill O'reilly's Killing Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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