The book’s true value lies in Humphrey’s behind-the-scenes look at the formation of the Food for Peace, Peace Corps, and anti-poverty programs as well as civil rights legislation during the Johnson/Humphrey administration. A fine addition to biography and political science collections.

This bouncy, candid autobiography reminds us how far this country has come and how far it still has to go.

What I found most revealing about the book was its energy, so like the man’s life: optimistic and surging. Exciting and engaging.

Those of us who have covered Humphrey through the years know his brightness, his energy, his hard work, his endless ideas, and his ability to work with others in order to translate this creativity into legislation, and, finally, his admirable quality of never giving up the ship despite all kinds of adversity. Readers will find it all here in this book as this remarkable man shares his experiences and his innermost thoughts.

An unusually frank and open memoir. . . . it has documentary significance as a record of the thoughts of a prime mover in American politics. . . .