Book report on Riding the Nightmare by Selma R Williams
... This book is about how witchcraft is use of supposed magical powers to influence people and events. Which Selma Williams used sorcery as a word to replace witchcraft and this has been used for part of the folklore of many societies for centuries. Selma Williams explains how myths, folk art, popular tracts, church dogma lead up to sending people to the gallows. This book also tells you about the Salem witch trials in 1692, how a spree of accusations and arrests jailed 141 townsfolk and executed 20. ... Is the book significant? ... Is the book organized in a coherent, logical, literate fashion? Williams made the book very well organized and understandable for people to read. ... Is the book readable? The book is very easy to read. ... What audience does the book appear to have been written for? ... Would you recommend the book to others? Yes, if they had a want to read about Witchcraft or how women where treated in the early days, but if they are not interested in it I wouldn’t tell them to pick this book. ... How has the book been reviewed by other scholars?