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Dean Calbreath was part of the Polk- and Pulitzer-winning team that uncovered the biggest individual bribery scandal in Congressional history. With fellow journalists Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer, they co-wrote The Wrong Stuff: The Extraordinary Saga of Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the Most Corrupt Congressman Ever Caught (Public Affairs). Calbreath has earned numerous awards over the past three decades for investigative, historical, and international reporting. Calbreath is also an experienced public speaker, from delivering lectures at leading colleges and universities to appearances on television, radio talk shows, and podcasts.
No Civil War soldier hailed from more distant shores than Nicholas Said. In later years, he listed his place of residence as traveler, and that was an understatement. In this elegantly written biography, Dean Calbreath offers a compelling and fascinating account of a man who was born in the Bornu Empire, lived in a dozen nations and as many states, and rose to the rank of sergeant in the fabled Massachusetts Fifty-fifth Infantry. An enthralling story, brilliantly told. -- Douglas R. Egerton, Lincoln Prize-winning author of <I>Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America</I> The Sergeant tells the astonishing but true story of Nicholas Said, an historical figure no novelist would dare dream up. Dean Calbreath takes us along Said's epic journey from Africa, to Turkey, to Russia, and to the United States, where Said served in the Union Army and became a schoolteacher in the Reconstruction South. Calbreath gives invaluable and unique insight into how Said experienced slavery, discrimination, freedom, and war across the globe, making the book essential reading. -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University
