"Greytown is no more!"

Will Soper was a journalist for twenty years before becoming a graphic artist. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiPreface1. “I Must Shoot the Fellow!”2. “Impaired by the Folly of an Individual”3. “Git the English Banks to Help Us”4. “It Will Be an American Town”5. “A Mortal Feud Had Arisen”6. “I Shall … Bombard the Town”7. “Act of … Cruelty … Upon a Helpless … Village”8. “The Great Theatre of Speculation”9. “I Will See the President Again Today”10. “The Greatest Confidence Trick of All Time”11. “Am Grateful … And Entirely Satisfied”12. “They Might Take His Office & Stick It”13. “I Shall Surely Hang Him”14. “No Capacity to Transfer … Title”15. “Make Certain Officials at Washington Wince”16. “The Mormons Had Better Go”17. “As If ‘Usurpers’ Had Taken Possession”18. “Regarding Constituent Will Soper’s Claim”19. “Too Valuable … To Waive or Impair It”20. Whither the Principals? An EpilogueChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“This gem of a book uncovers the truth behind a long-misunderstood episode of American ‘gunboat diplomacy.’ Deeply researched and rich in atmosphere, it is also an object lesson in the ways corporations can mobilize the military power of the United States to promote their interests.”—Stephen Kinzer, former New York Times foreign correspondent, senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University