Has anyone here read Escaping Salem

[Twin]

I have a book review due on it friday, and I haven't read the book yet. If anyone can give me a run down of what happens, and some main points that are actually useful, I'll tip you in rsgp.

[4nr]

just google it google has most things haha

[Twin]

just google it google has most things haha

 

I tried. All I could find was shit that you can get juust from reading the back of it.

[Stress]

I tried. All I could find was shit that you can get juust from reading the back of it.

Have you tried CliffNotes?

[Twin]

Have you tried CliffNotes?

 

Nothing

[Tom]

https://amckiereads.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/review-escaping-salem-by-richard-godbeer/

 

Remember, its not a crime unless you get caught.

[Twin]

https://amckiereads.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/review-escaping-salem-by-richard-godbeer/

 

Remember, its not a crime unless you get caught.

 

I read over this earlier today. Turns out the book is pretty straight forward and I was able to get through about eighty pages in an hour or so. I have to do some thesis about what I think the author is getting across with this book, so that's why a flat review wouldn't work, otherwise I could have just easily bull shitted one

[Sloth]

Well how long is the book? I can most likely read through it real quick for ya

[Stress]

I have to do some thesis about what I think the author is getting across with this book.

Idk if this helps at all. Probably not

Drawing on eyewitness testimony, Richard Godbeer tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. Escaping Salem takes us inside the Connecticut courtroom and into the minds of the surprisingly skeptical Stamford townspeople. Were the pain and screaming due to natural or supernatural causes? Was Branch simply faking the symptoms? And if she was indeed bewitched, why believe her specific accusations, since her information came from demons who might well be lying? For the judges, Godbeer shows, the trial was a legal thicket. All agreed that witches posed a real and serious threat, but proving witchcraft (an invisible crime) in court was another matter. The court in Salem had become mired in controversy over its use of dubious evidence. In an intriguing chapter, Godbeer examines Magistrate Jonathan Selleck's notes on how to determine the guilt of someone accused of witchcraft, providing an illuminating look at what constituted proof of witchcraft at the time. The stakes were high--if found guilty, the two accused women would be hanged.

In the afterword, Godbeer explains how he used the trial evidence to build his narrative, offering an inside perspective on the historian's craft. Featuring maps, photos, and a selected bibliography, Escaping Salem is ideal for use in undergraduate U.S. survey courses. It can also be used for courses in colonial American history, culture, and religion; witchcraft in the early modern world; and crime and society in early America.

[Shit]

oh the feels, soz bro i cant help u out haha :P