Here are links for more information about what happens in these chapters.
Tom talks about a book he calles "The Rise of the Colored Empires" by this man Goddard. Tom doesn't get the name of the book or the author correct. If you want to know more, check out this site!
http://books.google.com/books?id=zwf-Ofc--toC&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=Theodore+Lothrop+Stoddard%E2%80%99s+The+Rising+Tide+of+Color+Against+White+World+Supremacy+(%22&source=web&ots=deQ36srYXY&sig=5CTtqaxXc8pBATyD5VLtqymCtdQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA83,M1
As a kid I read The Saturday Evening Post at my grandma's house. If you don't know what it is, check here:
http://saturdayeveningpost.com/About-The-Saturday-Evening-Post.html
In chapter two, Nick picks up a book at the apartment in New York City. Here's information on that book:
http://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/simon-called-peter/
