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

by Robert Booth

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312540388
• ISBN13: 9780312540388
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"