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Contents Foreword by John L. Seigenthaler xi 1 The Stranger 1 2 The Sharecropper’s Son and Nixon’s Choirboy 4 3 The Red-and-Black Plaid Shirt 20 4 The Murders 35 5 The Madness 43 6 A Man of Great Promise 59 7 The Dominion of the Editor-in-Chief 65 8 The Attorney General and the Rule of Law 79 Illustration Gallery 87 9 The New List and the Ticking Clock 99 10 The Turmoil 105 11 The Call 113 12 The Rise of the Speaker 126 13 The Cosmos of the Lieutenant Governor 135 14 The Dance 142 15 The Decision 157 Illustration Gallery 172 16 The Yellow-Dog Chief Justice 177 17 The Arrival 184 18 The Oath 196 19 The Scramble 203 20 The Long Night 210 21 The White Morning 224 Epilogue: What Became of Them 233 Timeline 247 Postscript: A Note on Sources 251 Sources: The Interviews 257 Acknowledgments 259 Bibliography 263 Index 269 ...

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