TY - BOOK AU - O'Reilly,Bill AU - Dugard,Martin TI - Killing the witches: the horror of Salem, Massachusetts SN - 9781250283320 AV - F74.S1 O74 2023 U1 - 974.4 23/eng/20230607 PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Witches KW - Violence against KW - Massachusetts KW - Salem KW - History KW - 17th century KW - Trials (Witchcraft) KW - Salem (Mass.) KW - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "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 really happened in Salem? Killing the Witches tells the horrifying story of a colonial town's madness, offering the historical context of similar episodes of community mania during that time, and exploring the evidence that emerged in the Salem trials, in contemporary accounts, and in subsequent investigations."-- ER -