Includes bibliographical references (pages 869-969).

I. Origins -- Families, 1878-1912: "The Milhouses thought highly of the Milhouses" -- Yorba Linda, 1913-22: "The sun came up there as ... it always should" -- East Whittier, 1922-26: "We can make our lives sublime" -- Intervals -- Fullerton, Prescott, Whittier Union, 1926-30: "We all grew up rather fast" -- II. Strivings -- Whittier College, 1930-34: "You get there ... fast, if you can" -- Duke Law, 1934-37: "As if he might be knocked down" -- Return to Whittier -- law and politics, 1937-41: "I believe ... I've convinced myself that it is right" -- Patricia Ryan, 1912-40: "I suppose I accommodated to others" -- Marriage and war, 1949-44: "You'll always have to love me lots" -- III. Congress and the Hiss case -- Running for COngress, July 1944-June 1946: "If you fellows ... think you can put on a campaign" -- First victory, June-November 1946: "Sometimes you have to do this to be a candidate" -- The House, 1947-48: "A completely political man" -- The Case I, August 1948: "Concealed enemy" -- The Case II, September-December 1948: "I think this is what you're looking for" -- The Case III, 1949: "perfidy and terror are the works of the age" -- IV. Senate race -- Maneuvers, November 1948-December 1949: "When you star is up" -- Primaries, January-June 1950: "Slap her around a bit" -- General election, June-December 1950: "Rough on rats" -- V. Running mate -- The Senate, 1951-52: "A few friends ... of considerable value" -- Positioning, May 1951-June 1952: "By proper manipulation" -- Convention, July 1952: "You wouldn't be anybody if it wasn't for us" -- Campaign interval, July-September 1952: "The greatest moment in history" -- Campaign in crisis I, September 18-21, 1952: "We ought to put Nixon on TV" -- Campaign in crisis II, September 22-24, 1952: "Checkers" -- Aftermath: September 1952-January 1953: "The most important thing in this life."

A biography of the thirty-seventh President of the United States.