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came our way made working with him one of the great privileges of this endeavor. Crown’s publisher, Tina Constable, believed in the book from day one, long before the chapters were complete; for her unyielding confidence in the project, I am extremely grateful. Thanks also to editorial expert Christine Tanigawa; legal counsel Min Lee; assistant extraordinaire Stephanie Chan; and jacket designer Whitney Cookman. Each of them devoted care to the project in order to create an enduring piece of American history.

My friends and colleagues at Duquesne University and its School of Law, where I am privileged to serve as interim dean, have been a steady source of support for this endeavor. I benefited from a Faculty Development Fund grant that paid for many trips to Arkansas, Texas, and other far-flung destinations. I also benefited, at every step of the process, from the ideas and boundless enthusiasm of my students. My law school roommates, including Rex Van Middlesworth and Senator Mark Warner, offered much kibitzing throughout the project—wisely, I ignored all of their suggestions. Other partners in crime from the Somerville Bar Review have cheered me on in my work; I look forward to doing at least one dramatic reading at O’Henry’s.

It is only fitting to begin and end this book with thanks to my wife, Laura, and our four beautiful children—Carolyn, Luke, Rebecca, and Maddy. Although I am extremely proud of this book, it pales in comparison to the pride I have for my family, who made each daily trip into the salt mines worthwhile.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

KEN GORMLEY is interim dean and professor at Duquesne University Law School, specializing in constitutional subjects. He is a nationally renowned expert on Watergate and special prosecutors, and the author of the critically acclaimed Archibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation. He lives with his wife, Laura, and their four children in Pittsburgh.

Copyright © 2010 by Ken Gormley

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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CROWN and the Crown colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.

PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS

Frontispiece: AP Photo/Doug Mills (Starr), William J. Clinton Presidential Library; AP Photo/APTN; Courtesy of Susan McDougal; Luke Frazza/ AFP/Getty Images; AP Photo/OIC; AP Photo/Ron Edmonds; AP Photo/U.S. Senate; William J. Clinton Presidential Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

eISBN: 978-0-307-45978-7

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