New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. First Edition [stated]. Second Printing [stated per printing line]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 608 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by the author (Culver) on the half-title page. The inscription reads For Marilyn--Best from her :"workout" buddy -- John Culver. This biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt' s first vice president, Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965), draws extensively from personal letters and journals, family papers, and archival documents. Before his vice presidency, Wallace served as secretary of agriculture. He remained in politics after Roosevelt's death, and was Truman's secretary of commerce. He ran for president. Wallace was also responsible for innovations in agricultural genetics, and in 1952 wrote a book entitled Why I Was Wrong. Culver, former US senator and representative, and journalist Hyde note the paradox that Wallace (1885-1965) was the son of prominent midwestern Republicans but became the emblematic leftist politician of his time. More