Once I dove into the original material, the more real and less stereotyped the events became. But the occasional dip into reading about the subject really took hold after I visited Salem itself in the spring of 1976 and decided to look deeper into the events. Roach: What lured me to the Salem witch trials originally, as far as I can remember, was the potentially spooky aspect of it, the Halloween viewpoint that attracts tourists to the city today. What is it about Salem and the witchcraft trials that keeps you interested in the subject? Steward: You have written on a variety of subjects for a variety of audiences. Marilynne’s most recent book is Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials, published by Da Capo Press. at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (99-101 Newbury Street in Boston).
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