**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**

Author and Historian Dan Gagnon will discuss his book, A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse, which examines her life and family history.  The first full account of Nurse's life, Gagnon vividly recreates seventeenth-century Salem, and in the process challenges previous interpretations of Nurse's life and the 1692 witch hunt in general. Through primary source research, he reveals how the Nurse family's role in several disputes prior to the witch hunt was different than previously thought, as well as how Nurse's case helps answer the important question of whether the accusations of witchcraft were caused by mental illness or malicious intent. A Salem Witch reveals a remarkable woman whose legacy has transformed how the witch hunt has been remembered and memorialized. Gagnon serves on the board of directors of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Museum in Danvers (formerly known as Salem Village). A high school history teacher on the North Shore, he received a BA in history from Providence College and an MA in history from Boston College.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

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