One hundred forty years ago, four shopkeepers in Sacramento, California, rose to become the force behind the American transcontinental railroad, achieving along the way wealth beyond measure. To buil
His scam was as simple as it was brazen. Before and during the Great Depression, Oscar Hartzell persuaded tens of thousands of Midwesterners to part with millions of dollars to start a legal fund that
"A seething, sinful tale.... This is narrative nonfiction at its best....More compelling than anything the imagination might dare to conjure."---Karen Abbott, author of Sin in the Second CityLOS Ange
One hundred forty years ago, four shopkeepers inSacramento, California, rose to become the force behind the American transcontinental railroad, achieving along the way wealth beyond me
From the ice fields of rural Finland to the ruthless world of New York real-estate speculation and underworld intrigue in the 1920s, the life of architect Esko Vaananen offers a powerful evocation of
