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Book Description
Five authors and seventy color photographs tell the history
of Salem, Massachusetts, focusing on the "cornerstones" of this great colonial
portthe topics that continue to fascinate historians, visitors, and residents.
The five articles are "The Maritime History of Salem," "The Witchcraft Trials
of 1692," "Architecture of Historic Salem," "Nathaniel Hawthorne: Salem Personified,"
and "Salem Then and Now."
About the Authors
Five leading regional historians have been assembled: David
Goss, director of the Beverly Historical Society (Maritime) Richard Trask, town
archivist of Danvers, Mass. (Witchcraft) Bryant Tolles, former director of Essex
Institute (Architecture) Joseph Flibbert, professor of English Salem State College
(Hawthorne) Jim McAllister, Salem lecturer and tour guide
(Salem Then and Now)
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Book Description
The "Town Memoir" of Salem, Massachusetts
True stories
that capture the spirit of the community, from the founding to present day, illustrated
by popular Salem artist Racket Shreve. No one knows Salem like popular lecturer
and tour guide Jim McAllister. For years, friends and admirers have asked Jim
to put some of his tales in a book. In Salem: From Naumkeag to Witch City.
He finally has done so.
About the Author
Jim McAllister founded
Derby Square Tours in 1983. He has written two walking tours of the city, revived
the Lyceum Lecture Series, taught Elderhostel courses, and served as a consultant
to the city and the Hawthorne Hotel. He is coauthor of Salem: Cornerstones of
a Historic City.
Racket Shreve (illustrator)
graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1968 with a B.F.A. in illustration.
His work runs the gamut from traditional marine watercolors to ribald pen-and-ink
drawings.
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