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Title Death of an empire : the rise and murderous fall of Salem, America's richest city / Robert Booth.
Author Booth, Robert.
Publication Info. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2011.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  974.45 BOO    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description 330 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary 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. This book is the 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.
Subject Salem (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.
Salem (Mass.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Salem (Mass.) -- Biography.
Murder -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
Trials (Murder) -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
ISBN 9780312540388 : $25.99
0312540388
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