"Howe packs a surprising amount of action and character into the novella's 151 pages, and musings on the importance of personal and professional loyalty (as opposed to arbitrary, dogmatic nationalism) lend this tale a real intelligence and depth."
Muir took leave from his White House post to write a biography of Roger Liversedge, the United States' first black Vice President. Muir didn't expect his book to sell particularly well, but then fate took a hand - President Henry Roberts suffered a f...