First in His Class

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE: Washington, D.C, 1963

ONE: Hope and Chance

TWO: In All His Glory

THREE: The Road Ahead

FOUR: He Was on Fire

FIVE: The Back Room Boys

SIX: All Hell Broke Loose

SEVEN: The Great Escape

EIGHT: The Dreaming Spires

NINE: Feeling the Draft

TEN: The Torment

ELEVEN: The Lucky Number

TWELVE: The Grand Tour

THIRTEEN: Law and Politics at Yale

FOURTEEN: Rodham and Clinton

FIFTEEN: Texas Days

SIXTEEN: Home Again

SEVENTEEN: And Not to Yield

EIGHTEEN: Running with the Boy

NINETEEN: Governor-in-Waiting

TWENTY: Great Expectations

TWENTY-ONE: The Only Track

TWENTY-TWO: The Permanent Campaign

TWENTY-THREE: Relationships

TWENTY-FOUR: Saying the Words

Acknowledgments