WITCHES!
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE TALE OF DISASTER IN SALEM
ROSALYN SCHANZER
Copyright © 2011 Rosalyn Schanzer.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schanzer, Rosalyn.
Witches!: the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem / by Roaslyn Schanzer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 978-1-4263-0869-7 (hardcover)--ISBN 978-1-4263-0870-3 (library edition)--ISBN 978-1-4263-0888-8 (e-book)
1. Witchcraft--Massachusetts--Salem--History. 2. Salem (Mass.)--Church history. 3. Puritans--Massachusetts--Salem--History.
I. Title.
BF1576.S33 2011
133.4’3097445--dc22
2011012989
Version: 2017-07-05
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Few Accused Witches in Order of Appearance
Some Afflicted Accusers & Other Witch Hunters
Preface
Chapter 1: WHEREIN THE STAGE IS SET
Chapter 3: LET THE GRILLING BEGIN
Chapter 10: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Note From the Author
TITUBA
Slave of Salem Village’s Reverend Samuel Parris
SARAH GOOD
Homeless beggar with two young children
DORCAS GOOD
Sarah Good’s 4-year-old daughter
SARAH OSBORN
A bedridden old woman
MARTHA & GILES CORY
Woman who has an illegitimate son and her 80-year-old husband, a farmer
ELIZABETH & JOHN PROCTOR
A successful tavern keeper and his wife
REBECCA NURSE
Well-loved 71-year-old grandmother
GEORGE JACOBS SR.
80-year-old farmer with rheumatism
THREE DOGS
Accused of belonging to the Devil
SARAH CLOYSE & MARY EASTY
Rebecca Nurse’s highly respectable sisters
REVEREND GEORGE BURROUGHS
Former minister of Salem Village who lives in Wells, Maine
BRIDGET BISHOP