What Were the Salem Witch Trials
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
What Were the Salem Witch Trials
By (Author) Joan Holub
By (author) Who HQ
Illustrated by Dede Putra
Penguin Putnam Inc
G P Putnam's Sons
15th January 2017
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Educational: History
345.74450288
Physical Properties
Paperback
112
Width 135mm, Height 194mm, Spine 7mm
146g
Description
Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion- it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hysteria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this sinister chapter in history.
Author Bio
Joan Holub is the author of What Was the First Thanksgiving, What Was the Gold Rush, and other Who Was... titles, including Who Was Marco Polo and Who Was Babe Ruth She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
