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Keith books friends. Allison books 20 friends. Mirage 83 books 8 friends. Katherine books friends. Diana books friends. Alan books friends. Think magnificent fall foliage and plentiful pumpkins and cinnamon cider donuts. Because we grew up in Connecticut, we would head to Salem, Massachusetts around Halloween for the haunted bed and breakfasts.
Salem is also full of stories about pirates, ghouls, and witches. Of course, we had to satiate our fascination with women in history, too.
We crave educational and fantastical books about the Salem Witch Trials as well as books set in Salem, MA that will take us there — especially since we live in NC now. Although we are New England donut-eating and cider-drinking gods and goddesses, we also consulted a Salem Witch expert.
Dark and spooky tourism specialist, Crystal of Wandering Crystal, certainly knows the best books about the Salem Witch Trials, including all of the classics that we read in high school. We also added in a few of our own favorite Salem Witch Trials books, including many Salem books for young adults and middle-grade students. If you love witches, be sure to head over to our Wickedly Witchy Reading List.
Try Audible Plus. Find books via Kindle Unlimited Membership Plans. The witch city of Salem has a rich history, from the infamous Salem Witch Trials to hordes of pirates taking over ports across decades. The harsh New England winters combined with the tragic real-life tales of the Salem Witch Trials created the perfect foundation for the best novels about Salem and the Salem Witch Trials.
See how a mother and daughter have to stand together while being accused of witchcraft. What is it like being the daughter of an accused witch? Sarah Carrier takes you with her through the merciless world of Salem during the witch trials to show you.
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane takes you on an adventure exploring an abandoned house. What secrets will she uncover about Deliverance Dane? Everyone has heard about Tituba in the nonfiction realm, but in fictional books about the Witch Trials, Tituba is largely missing.
A biographical literary fiction book on the Salem Witch Trials, Crane Pond explores a fresh, unique narrative. Samuel Sewall considers himself a fair judge and a good Puritan. Having played a large role in the Salem Witch Trials, he is one of the only judges to later come forward and publically apologize for his role in the death of so many innocent people. Crane Pond is a Salem book that places an emphasis on religion, the law, and faith coming together.
See how each of these forces creates an extremely regrettable and evil time in history. She wants to make her mark in the world, including earning her own salary. Lauren takes up work for year-old librarian, Abigail Boyles. Tasked with transcribing the journal entries of her ancestor, Mercy Hayworth, Lauren learns more about the Salem witch trials and herself. Travel around the world with a book a month as part of our Uncorked Reading Challenge. Never be late to the party again with the best new book releases.
Get book recs straight to your inbox. Sign Up Now. The book offers a day-by-day recollection of the Salem townsfolk as they jumped into madness and panic. For nonfiction books set in Salem, read The Witches. Published in , Schiff examines mass hysteria and public anxiety. Schiff is also an infamous historian and Pulitzer Prize winner. Read even more books set in Massachusetts. These books mentioned here are some of the best-selling books on the topic and have great reviews on sites like Amazon, Goodreads and etc.
I myself have also used these books in my research for this website expect for the fiction books and can personally recommend them as some of the best books on the trials:. Disclaimer: This article contains Amazon affiliate links.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Published in , this book explains the details and the events of the Salem Witch Trials as they happened. Each chapter covers each month during the trials, starting in January of when the Salem Village girls first showed signs of being afflicted. Since the events and chronology of the trials can get confusing and complicated at times, this book is great at sorting out exactly what happened and when.
In doing so, it provides an overview of the colony in the 17th century and explains how the setting for the witch hysteria in developed slowly over time.
Each chapter is about a different aspect of the witch trials, such as the history of Salem and the influence it had on the mass hysteria in , the town politics of Salem Village, and the different groups of people involved in the trials such as the judges, the accused and the accusers. The last few chapters are devoted to the aftermath of the trials, which is a topic many books about the witch trials often overlook.
Baker is a professor at Salem State University and is also a member of the Gallows Hill Project that confirmed the witch trials execution site in and was featured in many of the articles and television interviews about the discovery. Published in by Harvard University Press, this book explores the social setting and history of Salem prior to the witch trials to provide a better understanding of how and why they happened.
The book explores issues that occurred in Salem just prior to the trials such as factionalism, land disputes, family rivalries and church disputes. In the intro, Boyer and Nissenbaum state that up until the time this book was published almost no other historians had explored these issues before and explained the only one that had come close was Charles W.
Upham in his book Salem Witchcraft. When they realized this, it encouraged them to write this book to give readers a more thorough understanding of the trials. Boyer, who passed away in , was a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin who earned his Phd from Harvard.
Nissenbaum is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received a doctorate of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Published in , instead of looking at the big picture or listing the chronology of the events, this book explores the personal lives of the people involved in the trials to form a sort of psychological profile of the colony at the time.
The chapters are divided by the roles each group of people played in the trials, such as the accusers, the victims, the clergy, the judges and the elite the wealthy outsiders and government officials. The book really helps the reader understand what life was like for these individuals at the time and puts their actions into perspective.
It brings a much needed humanizing aspect to this complex topic. Despite the fact that Foulds is not a historian and mostly writes on travel-related topics, she does a great job of delving deep into the lives of the people involved in the trials and exploring their personal stories. Owen Davies. Stephen Krensky. Susan Fletcher. Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker. Stacey Halls. Jeanne Kalogridis Goodreads Author. Robert Booth Goodreads Author.
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