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AMERICAN HISTORY / GENERAL

ABC-CLIO SERIES
Eyewitness to History

FORTHCOMING FORTHCOMING

Documents of the Documents of the
LGBT Movement Salem Witch Trials

Eyewitness to History Eyewitness to History

CHUCK STEWART K. DAVID GOSS

Each title in ABC-CLIO’s Eyewitness
to History series provides primary
documents accompanied by contextualizing
information critical to students’ ability
to understand historical developments,
events, and individuals within the content ABC-CLIO ABC-CLIO
January 2018, 250pp, 7x10
January 2018, 275pp, 7x10
of their research. The presentation format Print: 978-1-4408-5501-6 Print: 978-1-4408-5320-3
accommodates a wide range of documents $94.00, £73.00, €86.00 $94.00, £73.00, €86.00
that showcase a variety of viewpoints and eBook: 978-1-4408-5502-3 eBook: 978-1-4408-5321-0
a breadth of perspectives—for example,
“eyewitness” pieces that could consist of Beginning from the First People, through Through its extensive use of primary
personal narratives, letters, and first-hand the influx of European settlers and the source materials and provision of
accounts; media pieces like newspaper slave trade from Africa, to the modern essential accompanying explanations,
articles, ed-op articles, and reactions and era, this book presents and discusses this book places readers into the context
responses to the events at the time of documents that reflect pivotal moments of late 17th-century Salem society to
occurrence; and government and legislative in the LGBT rights movement in North shed light on one of the darkest events in
pieces such as laws, proclamations, or America. American history—the Salem witch trials.
decrees.
FEATURES FEATURES
The focus of each book in the Eyewitness
to History series is on a distinct era or • Provides a concise yet comprehensive • Examines the individual cases of
many of the victims of the more than
review of the LGBTQ rights movement
particular event or movement, enabling from the earliest days of human year-long Salem witch trials episode
high school and undergraduate readers to society in what would become the • Clarifies the historical context of the
efficiently glean the insight they need to United States to the present belief systems and culture of 17th-
consider a specific aspect of or period in century Massachusetts to enable
history critically, fairly, and intelligently. modern readers to grasp how such an
CHUCK STEWART, PhD, is an unbelievable series of events could
independent researcher and writer on have happened in that specific era
LGBT topics. He has taught at all levels
of education and currently teaches
math and statistic courses for National K. DAVID GOSS, MA, PhD candidate, is
University. For the past 20 years, he has professor of history and museum studies
taught ballroom and western dancing to at Gordon College, Wenham, MA.
the gay and lesbian community.

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