—From an editorial in the Montgomery Advertiser, January 1957 AS THE COURTROOM was being cleared of spectators, the three robed men went into Judge Johnson’s chambers, shut the door, and sat down. No one said anything for a while. Then Judge Rives said to Johnson, “Frank, you’re the junior judge ...
—A common entry in James Tanner’s journal Riverbottom Swamps of the Southeastern United States—1937-1939 JOHN BAKER WAS A MAN WHO KNEW HOW TO GET WHAT HE WANTED. HE HAD NEVER backed down as a fighter pilot in World War I, and afterward, as an investment banker, he had developed a well-earned repu...