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Title: Witch Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials by Marc Aronson ISBN: 0-689-84864-1 Publisher: Atheneum Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Worthy Addition to the Field
Comment: Witch-Hunt is a solid and fascinating work which encapsulates the facts and theories surrounding the Salem Witch Trials. Aronson begins the book by stating his objective: to correct false information and assumptions that have grown up around the trials (and the events leading up to them). Although this kind of demythologizing does occur, Aronson is more focused on summarizing and comparing the opinions, theories and research of various scholars on why the Salem Witch Trials happened than on battling specific falsehoods.
Aronson leans towards the more rational and psychological explanations for the Salem Witch Trials, but he mentions many others, from the theory that there were truly witches in Salem to the theory that the accusers were entangled in a deliberate conspiracy to defraud their victims.
Aronson's careful presentation of the facts and theories should be applauded, especially his portrayal of the Puritans. Rather than portraying the Puritans as a warped society holding strange beliefs, he works to pull the reader into the Puritan world. The Puritans' beliefs and struggles become real and comprehensible. Aronson demonstrates too that those who spoke out against the trials (and eventually stopped them) were products of the same community and same religious convictions as the accusers.
I highly recommend this book for anyone studying the Salem Witch Trials, before or after reading other material.
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Title: The River Between Us by Richard Peck ISBN: 0803727356 Publisher: Dial Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The First Part Last by Angela Johnson ISBN: 0689849222 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy ISBN: 0395776082 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights by Russell Freedman ISBN: 0823415856 Publisher: Holiday House Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly ISBN: 0152167056 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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