A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at risk.
"[A] fascinating account of the twisted threads of murder, ethnic violence and mob justice in 19th century Southern California." —Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside: A History of Murder in America, in the Los Angeles Times
The epic story of the scientists through the ages who havesought answers to life’s biggest mystery: How did it begin?
Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History"Like Lauren Hillebrand's Unbroken…Target Tokyo brings to life an indelible era." —Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast
"Provocative.... McFeely sensitively chronicles the maturation of this enigmatic Philadelphian."—Matthew Price, New York Times Book Review
"A great American tale told with a deft historical eye, painstaking analysis, and a supple clarity of writing.”—Jean Baker
"A potent wakeup call to pluralists in the coming showdown with Christian nationalists."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Fresh…solid…full of suspense and intrigue." —Publishers Weekly
"A bracing, rollicking read about the spark that ignites when people start asking meaningful questions." —O Magazine
"Martín Espada ....forges a new poetic language."—Dennis Loy Johnson, Pittsburgh Tribune
“Before Freakonomics and the The Tipping Point, there was Micromotives and Macrobehavior.” —Barry Nalebuff, coauthor of Thinking Strategically
The familiar Cape Cod setting works its spell, and the cranky, colorful New England characters work their way through a deftly amusing and baffling story of plot and counterplot.