Klein, Maury

Looks at how baseball manager John McGraw turned his team, the New York Giants, into a World Series winning group of baseball players in 1911.

Traces the "power revolution" that transformed America from an agrarian society into a technological superpower, evaluating the contributions of such figures as George Westinghouse, J. P. Morgan, and Thomas Edison.

Chronicles the events surrounding the stock market crash of 1929, discussing how it affected both American and world economy and culture.

Profiles entrepreneurs who have turned their visions into realities and had a significant impact on world history.

Examines the forces that turned the United States from a rural agricultural society to an urban, industrial one.

A biography of the dynamic entrepreneur of the 19th century who has been singled out as the most unscrupulous of the Robber Barons.

Explores the significance of the Fort Sumter crisis that sparked the Civil War, seeking to show why certain forces drove the country into deadly conflict, and examining the lives and motives of key characters in the dispute, including William H. Seward, Abraham Lincoln, Major Robert Anderson, Francis W. Pickens, and William H. Russell.