Book arrived in great shape. Although I usually only read fiction, I found this historical book great reading. I could barely put it down. The time period of 1895-1906 was something I wasn't familiar with, nor was I aware that the President manipulated the media so entirely even back then! It certainly lowered my opinion of Teddy Roosevelt and Taft. Their racial bigotry was horrendously reminescent of the Hitler era! I can also see now how events on that cruise set up the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor several decades later. How sad!