Gather.com and Simon & Schuster sponsored an American Idol-type contest for authors. NPR featured excerpts from the first and second place winners; see what you think.
Here’s a sample from the second place winner:
The Mexican War ended in 1848, but the American victory was hollow. The land ceded in defeat — the New Mexico Territory and California — became the source of a political powder keg.
And then chaos broke out!
(HT: My friend Rachel)
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