Rice has written an engaging, deftly constructed but conspicuously partisan account of the brief period that changed the United States for the worse.

... engaging.

While a few of Rice’s contentions feel forced, his narrative is propulsive and entertaining and he manages to make the outcome of that fateful election seem anything but assured. This book will appeal to readers of popular history à la Erik Larson’s work..

... fast-paced and jam-packed.

... heady.