BRIDGE BUILDER is the story of a man and his dream to movehis home county into the modern era. His stubborn pursuit of openness andaccountability provoked hostility from some, but admiration from most. Hispopulist idealism and his promotion of the common man endeared him to hisconstituents and he never lost touch with his origins or his source of support.BRIDGE BUILDER is a must-read for all politicians. It makes alasting contribution to Kentucky history and students of local government willbe reading it for a very long time.