Mark Twain wrote that one of his books was "mostly true." That is so with this book of sketches from the life of Erwin Hargrove, professor of political science. This is a lightly rendered memoir of his academic career at Brown and Vanderbilt Universities from 1960 to 2000. Though some of the details have been enhanced, this book is an accurate account of Dr. Hargove's experience rising through the ranks of academia in the latter half of the 20th century.