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In the days of the Salem witchcraft trials : the life behind the witchcraft trials by Roach, Marilynne K. is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is In the days of the Salem witchcraft trials : the life behind the witchcraft trials about?
In 1692, only three generations after British colonists settled the New England shores, nineteen people were hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. How could this have happened? What kind of people were these, who hanged their neighbors? Marilynne Roach explores the world in which the trials took place, showing how the ordinary lives of people who sowed crops, made horseshoes, and played football formed the context for these extraordinary events.
Who reads In the days of the Salem witchcraft trials : the life behind the witchcraft trials?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Roach, Marilynne K.
- Publisher
- Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Children's Books
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780395697047
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Psychology, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (5 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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