American Monsters: 44 Rats, Blackhats, and Plutocrats

by Mark Jacobson

Book Overview

Among our most celebrated and notorious Americans, these monsters are the corrupt, greedy, power-mad, and vicious betrayers of the dreams of fair play and equal opportunity, the practitioners of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560255544
• ISBN13: 9781560255543
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Highly varied.

I now understand Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis a lot better, but am more confused than ever about Brigham Young and Elijah Muhammed. Every few pages is different author, some clear, some 'poetic'. It's apparent that the publisher made no demands for any consistency of tone. I appreciate that to the extent that I can follow the results.