how five Americans made their country a world power
Zimmermann, Warren
2004
Profiles the lives and relationships of five figures who helped the United States become a major player in world politics at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Tells the story of the uncoventional affair between Fanny Van de Grift, who ran away with her children to escape her philandering husband, and Robert Louis Stevenson, who was trying to escape the pressures from his family to become a lawyer.
