'Charles Sawyer's biography of B.B. King is, aside from its thorough study of the man's renowned musical achievements, a powerful, honest and admirable chronicle of his life. It is also very entertaining, despite the inevitable tensions and tragedies which are implicit in the...
Written in the classic tradition of the self-made American that early found expression in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, Mr. Sawyer's book discusses his childhood and formative years and beginnings of his political career but revolves around two major government...