Death of an Empire The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City
, by Booth, RobertNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780312540388 | 0312540388
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 8/16/2011
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 Empireis 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.