"AUTHORITATIVE"
—THE NEW YORK TIMES

 

"REMARKABLE… A TERRIFIC NON-FICTION WORK THAT HAS THE NARRATIVE FORCE OF AN ADVENTURE NOVEL"
—WASHINGTON POST

 

"FASCINATING"
—THE NEW YORK TIMES

 

"(AMONG) THE GREATEST LIFE-OR-DEATH TALES EVER TOLD"
—ESQUIRE

 

"PAINFULLY INTIMATE … CHOCK-A-BLOCK WITH COLORFUL ANECDOTES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS"
—THE NEW YORK TIMES (EDITOR'S CHOICE)

 

"EXCELLENT"
—THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS

 

"HAS COLOR, DEPTH, SERIOUSNESS"  
—THE WASHINGTON POST

 

"EXCELLENT"
—THE NEW REPUBLIC

 

"FILLED WITH FIRST-RATE ANALYSIS, LEAVENED BY PLENTY OF LOCAL COLOR"
—NEWSWEEK

 

"IMMENSELY VALUABLE — UNRELENTINGLY HONEST, UNAPOLOGETICALLY UNFILTERED"
—COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW

 

"REMINISCENT OF TOM WOLFE"
—BALTIMORE SUN

 

"BRILLIANT"
—SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

 

"A MASTER DESCRIBER … THERE IS PROBABLY NO ONE BETTER"
—THE ECONOMIST

 

"CHILLING"
—SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

 

"A FIRST RATE JOB"
—NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

 

"BRILLIANTLY GRAPHIC NARRATIVE STYLE"
—THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

 

"DETAILS WORTHY OF MELVILLE OR TWAIN"
—THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

 

"STUNNING — ONE OF THE FINEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN ABOUT TEXAS"
—THE TEXAS OBSERVER

 

"A MUST READ"
—BUSINESS WEEK

 

"THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE"
—CHICAGO TRIBUNE

 

"REQUIRED READING"
—PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

 

"HAS THE GRAND, MASTERLY, SWEEP OF AN EPIC"
—THE AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

 

"ASPIRING JOURNALISTS — READ THIS, AND THEN GET TO WORK"
—KIRKUS

 

"INVALUABLE"
—THE SUNDAY TIMES (LONDON)