There was so much in this book that kept pulling me back in: the invention of the vacuum combined with prohibition led to using corn to make moonshine.
Environmentalists were ignored, and America singlehandedly encouraged the erosion of the land which led to poverty and death for millions.
Politics and media took turns painting their version of the events.
The Statue of Liberty wore the dirt of the plains on her shoulders like epaulets.
This kept me mesmerized and saddened.