Welcomed on the cover of The New York Times Book Reviewand now in paperbackthe definitive life and times of the legendary Speaker of the House who was one of the most influential political leaders in postwar America. To read this book is to revisit many of the greatest moments of late 20th-century American politics: its most colorful characters, its grandest triumphs, its most bitter ideological wars and crises.At once a rich, compelling work of narrative history and a model of the biographers art. A Washington Post and Boston Globe bestseller; and on the New York Times extended bestseller list. The hardcover edition was greeted with extraordinary acclaim, including a Talk 10 selection and front-page reviews in The New York Times Book Review and the Washington Post Book World. John A. Farrell won the Gerald Ford Prize and the Aldo Beckman Award for coverage of the presidency in 1996, the first time anyone has captured both awards in a single year. He also received the George Polk Award for Tip ONeill and the Democratic Century.