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Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
Rosalyn Schanzer
National Kids Geographic
WITCHES!
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE TALE OF DISASTER IN SALEM
ROSALYN SCHANZER
Washington, D.C.
Copyright © 2011 Rosalyn Schanzer.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schanzer, Rosalyn.
Witches!: the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem / by Roaslyn Schanzer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 978-1-4263-0869-7 (hardcover)--ISBN 978-1-4263-0870-3 (library edition)--ISBN 978-1-4263-0888-8 (e-book)
1. Witchcraft--Massachusetts--Salem--History. 2. Salem (Mass.)--Church history. 3. Puritans--Massachusetts--Salem--History.
I. Title.
BF1576.S33 2011
133.4’3097445--dc22
2011012989
Version: 2017-07-05
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Few Accused Witches in Order of Appearance
Some Afflicted Accusers & Other Witch Hunters
Preface
Chapter 1: WHEREIN THE STAGE IS SET (#ulink_93a530d1-5d3b-5772-9cb9-88da148f62c1)
Chapter 2: A DIRE DIAGNOSIS (#ulink_4c30b984-906a-5860-b70b-782789a33bba)
Chapter 3: LET THE GRILLING BEGIN (#ulink_42f4b339-b2e6-5f02-b904-ab28457d58dd)
Chapter 4: WITCH HUNT! (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 5: A TORRENT OF EVIL (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 6: THE KING OF HELL (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 7: OYER & TERMINER (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 8: THE END IS NEAR (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 9: THE END IS HERE (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 10: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT (#litres_trial_promo)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Note From the Author
TITUBA
Slave of Salem Village’s Reverend Samuel Parris
SARAH GOOD
Homeless beggar with two young children
DORCAS GOOD
Sarah Good’s 4-year-old daughter
SARAH OSBORN
A bedridden old woman
MARTHA & GILES CORY
Woman who has an illegitimate son and her 80-year-old husband, a farmer
ELIZABETH & JOHN PROCTOR
A successful tavern keeper and his wife
REBECCA NURSE
Well-loved 71-year-old grandmother
GEORGE JACOBS SR.
80-year-old farmer with rheumatism
THREE DOGS
Accused of belonging to the Devil
SARAH CLOYSE & MARY EASTY
Rebecca Nurse’s highly respectable sisters
REVEREND GEORGE BURROUGHS
Former minister of Salem Village who lives in Wells, Maine
BRIDGET BISHOP
Tavern keeper from Salem Town, wears a red bodice, married 3 times
PHILIP & MARY ENGLISH
Extremely wealthy merchant and his pregnant wife
REVEREND SAMUEL PARRIS
Salem Village’s controversial minister
INCREASE & COTTON MATHER
Father and son ministers from Boston who write terrifying books about witchcraft
BETTY PARRIS
Afflicted accuser, 9-year-old daughter of Reverend Parris
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS
Afflicted accuser, 11-year-old orphaned niece of Reverend Parris
ANN PUTNAM JR.
Afflicted accuser, 12-year-old friend of Betty and Abigail
THOMAS PUTNAM
Accuser, strongest supporter of Reverend Samuel Parris, father of Ann Putnam Jr.
ELIZABETH HUBBARD
Afflicted accuser, 17-year-old niece of a physician who blames witches for the afflictions
JOHN HATHORN
Interrogator during the preliminary witchcraft investigations
MARY WARREN
Afflicted accuser, 20-year-old servant of Elizabeth and John Proctor
MARGARET JACOBS
Confessed witch who accused her grandfather, George Jacobs Sr.
SUSANNA SHELDON
Afflicted accuser, 18-year-old refugee from the Indian wars
MERCY LEWIS
Afflicted accuser, 19-year-old servant of Ann Putnam Jr., and Indian attack survivor
WILLIAM PHIPS
Royal Governor of Massachusetts
WILLIAM STOUGHTON
Chief Justice—Court of Oyer and Terminer
GEORGE CORWIN
High Sheriff of Essex County
PREFACE
