Books by Emerson W. Baker
A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
by Emerson W. Baker
The Salem Witch Trials are explored in detail as part of Oxford University Press's series Pivotal Moments in American History. The author, Emerson 'Tad' Baker II is an archaeologist and history professor at Salem State University who has worked extensively on witchcraft in colonial-era America. Baker sees the Salem trials as a phenomenon arising from a 'perfect storm' of cultural and historical factors, and marked a turning point as American society was beginning to move on from its founding Puritan principles.
As Malcolm Gaskill—the renowned English historian and bestselling author of The Ruin of All Witches—declared of this book: "Of many books about the Salem witch-trials, only a few really matter. This is one of them."
Interviews where books by Emerson W. Baker were recommended
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The Witches: Salem, 1692
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A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
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Witchcraft at Salem
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The Crucible
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt
ed. Bernard Rosenthal
Books About the Salem Witch Trials
Books About the Salem Witch Trials
In 1692-3 in Salem Village, Massachusetts, a widespread moral panic resulted in nearly 200 residents being accused of practicing witchcraft. In the end, 20 of them were executed. Since then, the name Salem has been associated with paranoia, betrayal and religious extremism, and the Salem Witch Trials have served as the inspiration for many books, both fiction and nonfiction.
