Many of the episodes are ironic and humorous, such as selling a beverage named "Pop," fighting ward-heelers in political campaigns, some resulting in astonishing upsets for such offices as president, mayor, senator, governor, judge, district attorney, and a tongue-in-cheek one for dog-catcher.

The authors says that history written from memory inevitably becomes fiction and the only genuine history is one recorded as it happened, like this one.