Scott Martelle

As the French Revolution gathered steam, the exact location of Jones's grave and, in fact, the exact location of St. Louis cemetery in Paris, where he was buried in 1792 was forgotten: information on his death and burial were destroyed in the Paris Commune and the few who had attended his burial had passed away. His body though had been preserved in a lead-lined coffin filled with alcohol; theoretically, if the coffin could be located, Jones could...

"In one vitally significant year in American history, the country would experience turmoil, instability, natural disaster, bubbling political radicalism, and a rise of dangerous forces ushering in a new era of global conflict--and emerge both afresh and revitalized. At the start of 1932, the nation's worst economic crisis has left one-in-four workers without a job, countless families facing eviction, banks shutting down as desperate depositors withdraw...

"William Walker's Wars details the little-remembered history of the American man who, with the help of a privately assembled army, installed himself as president of Nicaragua in 1856"--