About the Author

Scott Christianson was a prize-winning author. His books included 100 Diagrams That Changed the World, Bodies of Evidence: Forensics and Crime and Freeing Charles: The Epic Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, The Nation, Village Voice, and Newsday.

Reviews

'An attractive, accessible testimony to the power of the written word'
*History Revealed*