Boyer, Paul, and Stephen Nissenbaum. Salem Possessed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1974. When one hears the word Salem, many unpleasant images are conjured in that person’s mind. One may think of the misplaced fervor of the Puritans, one may call to mind the lack of justice in the trials, or one may even be appalled by the tragic deaths of nineteen individuals and the imprisonment of hundreds of others. However, instead of focusing on …showed first 75 words of 627 total…

…showed last 75 words of 627 total…of Salem Possessed give an accurate account of a long, horrible process by which individuals were singled out, tried, and executed in order to vent emotions of hostility towards change. In some cases, this hostility and jealousy took generations to build up. Boyer and Nissenbaum have written a thought provoking book that relates, fact by fact, the history of Salem Village and its troubling inner conflicts. Bibliography A book review on Salem Possessed- earned 25/25 pts.