Kluger, Richard

Relates the story of an impoverished printer named John Peter Zenger whose paper, the New York weekly journal, printed articles describing the new British governor, William Cosby, as corrupt and abusive. Although Zenger was only a front man for the governor's adversaries, New York Supreme Court Chief Justice Lewis Morris and attorney James Alexander, he nevertheless became the fall guy when Cosby brought the full force of his high office down upon the paper. Jailed for the better part of a year, Zenger was forced into a jury trial matched only in importance during the colonial period by the Salem Witch Trials.

Describes the race relations in America leading up to the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education, the process by which Brown worked its way up to the Court, and how a decision was reached by the Court.

Phillip Mark is the Sheriff of Nottingham who answers to only King John himself, but comes into conflict with the king because he has a heart.

A history of the American tobacco industry, looking at the companies and their leaders who have been able to overcome all doomsayers to continue peddling their product.

Explores how Americans extended their sovereignty across the United States in the nation's first 125 years, with Americans pursuing their aspirations over the objections of other countries, justifying their actions in the name of "taming" the wilderness.

A history of the American tobacco industry, looking at the companies and their leaders who have been able to overcome all doomsayers to continue peddling their product.