Beginning with the State Fair as a window on Indiana as a whole, Martin interprets the Hoosier state and its history, from the Civil War and its impact on the state to the period during and just after World War II. As he says, "It is a ...

This book was originally written in 1944 by one of our most powerful documentary authors. [Call it North Country] reads like a novel. If you're a history buff, it reads better than a novel. This book could not be written today.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic describes that country's turbulent political events from 1962 to summer 1965.

"Note : this book is a criminal's own life story. It is his own account of the adventures of his life and his own exposition of his point of view. The book is all fact.