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What Were the Salem Witch Trials? ( What Was...?) (Paperback) by Joan Holub

Name: What Were the Salem Witch Trials? ( What Was...?) (Paperback) by Joan Holub
Brand: Penguin Publishing
SKU: 17287049
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"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"--Provided by publisher.

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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.

About The Author

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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Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)

Weight: .3 Pounds

Suggested Age: 9-12 Years

Number of Pages: 106

Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction

Sub-Genre: History

Series Title: What Was...?

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

Format: Paperback

Author: Joan Holub

Language: English

Street Date: August 11, 2015

TCIN: 17287049

UPC: 9780448479057

Item Number (DPCI): 059-03-3905

Origin: Made in the USA

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