A social history of cheating and how American history -- through real estate, sports, finance, academics, and of course politics -- has had its unfair share of rigged results and widened the margins on its gray areas. Drawing from the intriguing (and sometimes unbelievable) true stories of the lives of everyday Americans, historian Julie M. Fenster traces the history of the weakening of our national ethics through the practice of cheating. From marital...

Examines how Thomas Jefferson oversaw an unrivaled era of American exploration, sending out waves of expeditions into the West after the Louisiana Purchase and forging a new nation in the process.