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Stacy Schiff: The Witches: Salem, 1692
Stacy Schiff: The Witches: Salem, 1692
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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Nov 4, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The panic began in 1692, when a minister’s daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) and Cleopatra unpacks the fantastical story of the Salem Witch Trials in her latest seminal work, The Witches. Aside from suffrage, the Salem Witch Trials represent the only moment in the shaping of the future republic when women played a central role in American history. Hear from one of our most acclaimed historians as she unveils one of the first great American mysteries.**Click here for photos of the event.
Released:
Nov 4, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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