Books in brief—By Frances Taliaferro Thomas , Stephen W. Soule , Carol Holmes , Catherine Plumb , Al Robbins , Vivien Raynor , Julia G. (Julia Green) Brody , and Gary Blake (Harper's Magazine)

As little as $16.97 for 12 months of Harper's—
plus access to our 158-year archive.

December 2009

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC SUPERFRAUD
Why the Hudson River Will Never Run Clean
By David Gargill

THE MASTER OF SPIN BOLDAK
Undercover with Afghanistan’s Drug-Trafficking Border Police
By Matthieu Aikins

MERMAID FEVER
A story by Steven Millhauser

USERNAME
PASSWORD
Subscriber? · Lost password? Lost username? · More help