Salem's Centuries: New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City *SignedSIGNED BY EDITORS & CONTRIBUTORS DONNA SEGER AND BRAD AUSTIN* I think our book will expand Salems written history rather dramatically: there are four pieces on African American history alone, chapters on Salems experience of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and lots of twentieth century history that has never been written, and much more." Donna Seger Donna A Seger is Professor of History at Salem State University. She is the author of The Practical