Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City

Most readers know Salem only for the city's notorious witch trials. But years later it became a...
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Author: Robert Booth
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Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City by Booth, Robert

Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City

$90.58

Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City

$90.58
Author: Robert Booth
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Most readers know Salem only for the city's notorious witch trials. But years later it became a very different city, one that produced America's first millionaire (still one of history's 75 wealthiest men) and boasted a maritime trade that made it the country's richest city. Westward expansion and the industrial revolution would eventually erode Salem's political importance, but it was a shocking murder and the scandal that followed which led at last to its fall from national prominence.

Death of an Empire is a finely-written tale of a little-known but remarkably rich era of American history, drawing in characters such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Quincy Adams, and Daniel Webster.

Author: Robert Booth
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 08/16/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780312540388


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2011 pg. 91
Booklist 07/01/2011 pg. 16

About the Author
ROBERT BOOTH's guidebook Boston's Freedom Trail has been in print for twenty-five years and he has contributed to the anthology Salem: Place, Myth & Memory. He is curator emeritus of the Pickering House in Salem and serves on the boards of several history organizations. He lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts.


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