Is Robert E. Lee getting a free ride? Is Donna Reed the unsung sex symbol of her era? Is it high time someone spoke up for the humble peanut butter and jelly sandwich? And does anyone have the lonely courage to finally call Moby Dick and great crashing bore? There are inflated reputations in every field of American history - and neglected ones, too. In 100 inspired, irreverent, illuminating essays, experts from every field give the overpraised their comeuppance and rescue the unappreciated from obscurity.
Who's Up? Who's Down? What's In? What's Out?
CALEB CARR on Secretaries of Defense DONALD E. WESTLAKE on Criminals GARY GIDDINS on Musicians JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH on Economists MOIRA HODGSON on Regional Foods DAVID OBST on 60s Counterculture Heroes WALTER ISAACSON on Autobiographies STEPHEN BRILL on Trials LAWRENCE BLOCK on Mystery Writers BRUCE MCCALL on Decades RICHARD BROOKHISHER on Presidents AUTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR. on National Turning Points CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY on Kennedy's LAURA HILLENBRAND on Racehorses DALE DEGROFF on Cocktails JOHN LUKACS on Ideas DOUGLAS BRINKLEY on Environmental Programs GARY CROSS on Toys PAT WILLARD on Pies JAN MORRIS on Cities
