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Death of an Empire
The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City
By Booth, Robert
- ISBN
- 978-0-31254-038-8
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne: St. Martin's
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Reviewed on July 1, 2011
Booth (curator, emeritus, Pickering House, Salem; Boston's Freedom Trail) weaves together the 19th-century decline of the once vital port of Salem, MA, with a murder story. Following the American Revolution, Salem's maritime activities made it the wealthiest city in the new nation, with its ships sailing the globe and opening Asian markets to trade. However, economic changes over the late 18th and early 19th centuries, especially implementation of tariffs on imported ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
