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03272aam a22006015i 4500 001 C4EC9AF86D7B11EEBBB0FB5526ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231018010120 008 230717s2023 miu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2023942512 020 $a 9798885793209 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a O'Reilly, Bill and Martin Dugard $e author. 245 10 $a Killing the witches $c Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard. 250 $a Large print. 263 $a 2311 264 1 $a Farmington HIlls : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 437 pages (large print) $c 23 cm 490 0 $a Bill o'reilly's killing series 520 $a "Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined. Killing the Witches tells the dramatic history of how the Puritan tradition and the power of early American ministers shaped the origins of the United States, influencing the founding fathers, the American Revolution, and even the Constitutional Convention. The repercussions of Salem continue to the present day, notably in the real-life story behind The Exorcist and in contemporary "witch hunts" driven by social media. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, community panic, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason" $c Provided by publisher. 650 $a HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period 650 $a HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England 650 $a Salem (Mass.) $x Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 $x Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 650 $a Massachusetts $x Salem 650 $a Trials (Witchcraft) 650 $a Witches $x Violence against 700 1 $a Dugard, Martin $e author. 941 $a 23 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20240213010558.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20240202012232.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012633.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20240126010418.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125011123.0 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20240118010737.0 952 $l RFPC397 $d 20240116010534.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240106010332.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20240102010526.0 952 $l EEPC605 $d 20231226010223.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231221010050.0 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20231208010926.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014848.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20231205011202.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20231121012520.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20231103011059.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20231102015209.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231102013632.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20231102012416.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20231102010813.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025015538.0 952 $l HHPC765 $d 20231018010805.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20231018010740.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C4EC9AF86D7B11EEBBB0FB5526ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search