{"title":"Robert Booth","description":"ROBERT BOOTH's guidebook Boston's Freedom Trail has been in print for twenty-five years and he has contributed to the anthology Salem: Place, Myth \u0026amp; 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.","products":[{"product_id":"death-of-an-empire-the-rise-and-murderous-fall-of-salem-americas-richest-city-hardcover","title":"Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath of an Empire \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365885378783,"sku":"9780312540388","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/e91gZ3N3iO9780312540388.webp?v=1789073570"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/robert-booth.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}