MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED
me with this book don’t realize they did. I want to thank them anyway. So here’s to all the scholars who have churned out the little-read but useful articles and books cited in my notes on sources. Without their diligent efforts, this book never would have been possible.
I am immensely indebted to Bernard Weisberger for catching many of the kinds of errors in my manuscript which I have pointed out in other writers’ works.
Also of assistance, particularly in helping me say what I meant to say, were Stephen McAdoo, Rod Decker, and Michael Reed.
Of all the people who need to be acknowledged, Mike Youngren deserves to be acknowledged most, for allowing me time off from my job as a reporter so I could complete this book.
As always, editor Howard Cady provided me with the kind of help editors supposedly don’t provide anymore.