03272cam a2200613 4500 984250162 TxAuBib 20230922120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250283337 1250283337 045d81d9-9ab1-4174-b47b-0fd719b42ddc OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9497023 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib O'Reilly, Bill. Killing the Witches [Libby] : The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2023. puritans. Witches. us history. conservative. salem witch trials. plymouth. witch hunt. american history. new england. Massachusetts Bay Colony. Boston. republican. halloween gift. pilgrims. American colonies. Cotton Mather. Early history. gifts for dad. christmas present. history buffs. bestselling authors. father's day gifts. american colonists. gifts for him. bill o riley. author of killing series. bestselling historical thrillers. 1600s history. religious fervor. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 14MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 <i>New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today</i>, and <i>Publishers Weekly</i> bestsellers, Bill O'Reilly's <i>Killing</i> series is the most popular series of narrative histories in the world.<br /></b><br /> <i>Killing the Witches</i> revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches—but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined.<br /> <i>Killing the Witches</i> tells the dramatic history of how the Puritan tradition and the power of early American ministers shaped the origins of the United States, influencing the founding fathers, the American Revolution, and even the Constitutional Convention. The repercussions of Salem continue to the present day, notably in the real-life story behind <i>The Exorcist</i> and in contemporary "witch hunts" driven by social media. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, community panic, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-09-22 20:00:02. Dugard, Martin.