Januarius MacGahan (1844?1878) had an incandescent career as a foreign correspondent, covering the Franco-Prussian, Carlist, and Russo-Turkish wars, a Russian incursion into Central Asia, and even an arctic expedition. His reports on the Bulgarian Atrocities of 1876 earned him the inscription on his grave marker in New Lexington, Ohio: Liberator of Bulgaria. Dale Walker has done Januarius MacGahan all the honor that has long been due him. [The Smithsonian] Mr. Walker's research is as impressive as his writing [Washington Times] For those who enjoy narrative history, this is a book not to be missed. [Journalism Quarterly]