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Author: Stacy Schiff

📘 The witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff

Stacy Schiff’s book traces the rapid rise of panic that began with a minister’s daughter’s unexplained convulsions and culminated in the execution of 19 people and the death of an 80‑year‑old man. The trials, stopped after less than a year, drew in educated leaders and common neighbors alike, with accusations spreading from family to family. Schiff argues that the Salem witch trials, a unique moment where women were central to American history, helped shape the nascent republic. Her narrative combines rigorous historical research with a compelling portrait of the social dynamics that fueled the hysteria.

First publish date: 2015

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Stacy Schiff

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