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

Booth, Robert

 
9780312540388: Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City
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ISBN 10 : 0312540388 ISBN 13 : 9780312540388
Editeur : Thomas Dunne Books, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Booth graduated from Harvard and from Boston University's graduate program in New England and American Studies. His 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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Éditeur
Thomas Dunne Books
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0312540388
ISBN 13 
9780312540388
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
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Personne responsable
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