{"product_id":"witchhunt-mysteries-of-the-salem-witch-trials","title":"Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials","description":"\u003cp\u003eSalem  Massachusetts  1692. In a plain meetinghouse  a woman stands before her judges. The accusers  girls and young women  are fervent  overexcited  just on the edge of breaking out into convulsions. The accused is a poor  unpopular woman who had her first child before she was married. As the trial proceeds  the girls begin to wail  tear their clothing  and scream that the woman is hurting them. Some of them expose wounds to the horrified onlookers  holding out the pins that have stabbed them -- pins that have appeared as if by magic. Are the girls acting  or are they really tormented by an unseen evil? Whatever the cause  the nightmare in Salem has begun: The witch trials will eventually claim twenty-five lives  shatter the community  and forever shape the American social conscience. Acclaimed historian Marc Aronson sifts through the facts  myths  half-truths  misinterpretations  and theories around the Salem witch trials to present us with a vivid narrative of one of the most compelling mysteries in American history. Witch-Hunt is a brilliant book that will stimulate and challenge readers to come to their own conclusions about what really happened during those terrifying months of accusations  trials  and executions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966712967221,"sku":"ByrdShop_0689848641","price":30.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780689848643.jpg?v=1770576116","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/witchhunt-mysteries-of-the-salem-witch-trials","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}