"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 hys
terical 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 peopl
e were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hys
teria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this
sinister chapter in history"
