Description
Thick octavo, xii, 690pp. Blue hardcover, title in silver on spine. Publishers dust jacket, fine, with $32.50 on front flap. Inscribed by author to former Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, with the following inscription: “To Nicholas Katzenbach – Who was there – and who made “there” answer. In admiration – Jack Chatfield / Trinity College / December 2008.”
Comments: Jack Chatfield was a long time professor of history at Trinity College. The recipient of this book, Nicholas Katzenbach, served as United States Attorney General for Lyndon B. Johnson. While serving as Deputy U.S. Attorney General, he notoriously confronted Alabama Governor George Wallace at the University of Alabama, demanding the school be integrated.