Salem Witch Trials Summary

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Heidi Blair

The book I chose was The Salem Witch Trials. The book is by Earl Rice Jr. The publisher of the book is Lucent Books, in San Diego, CA. This book is about Pre-Salem and the horrid trials, better known as the Salem witch trials that happened there.

Firstly, the author of the book was very successful of teaching me what happened during these times and debunked the rumors I have always been taught about the trials. The writing to me was very power because, the author used the facts to help me better understand the way of life in this time. For example, the first chapter The Puritan way it talks about the puritan life. They believe that they were in compact with the God and would follow his every order in exchange for the divine mandate

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