"A marvelous yarn, loaded with near-calamitous adventures and characters as memorable as Singer creations." --The New York Post
"What began as a quixotic journey was also a picaresque romp, a detective story, a profound history lesson, and a poignant evocation of a bygone world." --The Boston Globe
"Every now and again a book with near-universal appeal comes along: Outwitting History is just such a book." --The Sunday Oregonian
