The riveting story of a dramatic confrontation between Native Americans and white settlers, a compelling conflict that unfolded in the newly created Washington Territory from 1853 to 1857.When appoint
In 1733, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching a small newspaper, the New-York Weekly Journal, which assailed the new British governor as corrupt and arrogant
The liberty of expression has been fixed in the firmament of our social values since our nation’s beginning—the United States was the first government to legalize free speech and a free press as funda
Less than 100 years after its creation as a fragile republic, the United States more than quadrupled its size, making it the world's third largest nation. No other country or sovereign power had ever
In spite of thousands of scientific studies indicting the habit, tobacco remains one of our most powerful, least-regulated industries. In Ashes to Ashes, Richard Kluger, author of Simple Justice, sho
Simple Justice is the definitive history of the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education and the epic struggle for racial equality in this country. Combining intensive research with original intervie
Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Kluger brings to life a bloody clash between Native Americans and white settlers in the 1850s Pacific Northwest. After he was appointed the first governor of the state of
