'Tycoon's War' chronicle of U.S. mercenary in Nicaragua

Posted 3/28/09

Tycoon’s War by Stephen Dando-Collins

In July of 1856, William Walker, son of a Scots father and native of Nashville, was elected president of Nicaragua. “Tycoon’s War” is the story of how Walker became president and incurred the wrath of …

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