San Antonio College Library

It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death. The panic spread quickly, involving the most educated men and prominent politicians in the colony. Neighbors accused neighbors, parents and children each other. Aside from suffrage, the Salem Witch Trials represent...

"An account of the witch hunts from their humble beginnings in 1691 to their dramatic conclusion, this new work contains a wealth of information gleaned from various contemporary records, and the personal archives of descendants on both sides of the conflict. Includes extensive transcriptions in modern English from the court files and other sources which help the reader feel the true impact of the events, along with excerpts from the first-hand observations...

"This is a story within a story. It tells how a group of intrepid families from various villages in the East Riding joined together under the leadership of Ezekiel Rogers, Rector of Rowley, East Yorkshire, and in 1638 made the hazardous voyage across the Atlantic to found the town of Rowley in virgin territory in New England, a town which preserves its name, and its history, to this day." "One of the children who made the voyage with her parents was...