Salem Witches - New England Witchcraft

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Top 10 Books on the Salem Witch Trials
The 1692 outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Salem Village, Massachusetts, has fascinated historians and the average reader alike for more than three hundred years. How could neighbor turn against neighbor? What light does this episode shed on women's lives? On our potential for similar "witch hunts" even in the 20th and 21st centuries? Here are some books to help sort through the evidence.