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OverviewWith over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers, Bill O'Reilly's Killing series is the most popular series of narrative histories in the world. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard , Martin DugardPublisher: St Martin's Press Imprint: St Martin's Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.50cm Weight: 0.502kg ISBN: 9781250283320ISBN 10: 1250283329 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 16 October 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews""A near-perfect read about hysteria, cancel culture, and the history of religious freedom. . . The authors allow the facts to rattle, provoke, and horrify the reader."" - Front Page Magazine """A near-perfect read about hysteria, cancel culture, and the history of religious freedom. . . The authors allow the facts to rattle, provoke, and horrify the reader."" - Front Page Magazine" Author InformationBill O'Reilly is a trailblazing TV journalist who has experienced unprecedented success on cable news and in writing eighteen national number-one bestselling nonfiction books. There are more than eighteen million books in the Killing series in print. He lives on Long Island. Killing series in print. He lives on Long Island. Martin Dugard is the New York Times bestselling author of several books of history, among them the Killing series, Into Africa, and Taking Paris. He and his wife live in Southern California."" data-fwclientid=""e325e0c4-b28b-4904-8d9a-f2026809cf3a"" data-preservehtmlbullets=""1"" data-allowlists=""0"" data-crlfsubmit=""1"" autocomplete=""off"" autocorrect=""off"" autocapitalize=""off"" spellcheck=""true"" class=""field_input_main field_input_copytext field_input_copytext_body copytextheight-normal field_input_disabled fieldkeycheck-setup copytext-setup"" contenteditable=""false"" style=""margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; width: 678.53px; height: 100px;"" Martin Dugard is the New York Times bestselling author of several books of history, among them the Killing series, Into Africa, and Taking Paris. He and his wife live in Southern California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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