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What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Joan Holub
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By (author) Who HQ
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Illustrated by Dede Putra
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| Series | What Was? |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:112 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 194,Width 137 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780448479057
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| Classifications | Dewey:345.74450288 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Putnam Inc
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| Imprint |
G P Putnam's Sons
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| Publication Date |
11 August 2015 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion- it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hysteria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this sinister chapter in history.
Author Biography
Joan Holub is the author of What Was the First Thanksgiving?, What Was the Gold Rush?, and other Who Was...? titles, including Who Was Marco Polo? and Who Was Babe Ruth? She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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