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(More customer reviews)This fascinating book tells the story of two very strange lives that intertwined so many of the popular culture and scientific trends of their times. It's so meticulously researched that you feel as though you are following the Lawson brothers around with a notebook and video camera! They are the kind of intense characters that if you met them, you would either be completely converted or would run from them. The book is a great read -- whether you are a baseball or aviation fan, enjoy learning about alternative religions and cults, or just like to read about people who didn't follow the beaten path.
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It's hard to imagine a wilder pair of brothers than Alfred and George Lawson. Best known as early promoters of professional baseball, they were intense rivals whose shared narcissism led them from one grand scheme to another, both in and away from the game, generating headlines as they went. Alfred had a long career as a player, manager, and minor league organizer before gaining notoriety as a utopian novelist, philosopher, economic reformer, cult leader, and early aviation promoter. George was a soldier, vaudeville troupe manager, performing hypnotist, medical quack, evangelist, and anti-KKK crusader who sought to break baseball's color line by founding integrated leagues.
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