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Recounts how a framed pair of miniature portraits of George and Martha Washington by celebrated painter Gilbert Stuart and which were sealed in a brown envelope, were blown to pieces by a bomb squad at the Manatee County Sheriff's office in Florida. Police's mistaking of the package as a bomb; Ownership of the package by Leone Baxter; How the package was misplaced.

Looks at the militant Wise Use campaign to gain local control of the federal lands in the state of Nevada. Efforts of forest rangers Ted Angle and Guy Pence to protect lands; Other prominent people in this confrontation.

Features the people involved in the gold rush in California in 1848. Impact of the gold strike in Jim Marshall's and John Sutter's life; Effect on the state of California; Gold rush as a commercial enterprise rather than an expedition of discovery. INSET: The price of gold.

Focuses on the most overrated and most underrated aviatrixes in the United States. Evidence of why Amelia Earhart is overrated; Need to recognize the full value of the achievements in flying by Harriett Quimby.

Evaluates the condition of the world's fair in the United States. Strategies used by publicists to attract enormous crowds; Failure of fairs to fulfill promises; Criticisms on the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago.