Death of an Empire

“A masterfully told story of greed, recklessness, murder, and the precipitous decline of Salem, one of young America’s greatest ports . . . a chilling tale.” —Eric Jay Dolin, bestselling author of Left for Dead Though notorious for the witch trials of 1692, Salem was the richest city in the republic when America first became a nation. It was led by a visionary merchant who still ranks as one of the wealthiest men in history. For decades, Salem connected America with the wider world, through a la