The Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials

Last year marked the exoneration of the last “Salem witch” Elizabeth Johnson Jr nearly 329 years after the trials ended in Massachusetts. Between February of 1692 and May 1693, Salem and the surrounding towns were caught up in a mass hysteria resulting in many tragic deaths. 

Nonfiction Books

The Witches

Daily Life during the Salem Witch Trials by David K. Gross

The Witches by Stacey Schiff

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Who Were the Accused Witches of Salem by Laura Waxman

The Salem witch trials : a day-by-day chronicle of a community under siege by Marilyn K Roach

Witch-hunt : mysteries of the Salem witch trials by Marc Aronson

Movies

The Crucible

History Channel: The Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials

The Crucible

The Guttenberg Resource Center will close early at 2PM on 4/2. All branches of the library will be closed on 4/3 and 4/5 in observation of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. All branches will be open on Saturday, 4/4 from 9AM-5PM.

THE MAIN LIBRARY IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR RENOVATION. OUR TEMPORARY UPTOWN LOCATION IS LOCATED AT 510 81ST STREET.