The city of London sweltered in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that parched the metropolis. An even more repellent Victorian engineering force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial effluents had transformed London's lifeblood into a foul-smelling mire. The stench was oppressive, a miasma that clung

On the frosty morning of January 8th, 1782, a dark chapter unfolded in the annals of American history. The peaceful settlement of Gnadenhutten, home to hundreds of friendly Lenape Indians who had sought refuge from war, was brutally attacked by a band of American militiamen. Driven by vengeance, these men, led by the infamous Major John Sullivan, s