Preserving the Constitution! the Autobiography of Senator Sam J. Ervin [signed] [first edition]

In this autobiography, Ervin recounts his 37 years as a trial lawyer and judge, and his 20 years as a U.S. Senator. In his own words and without the aid of a ghostwriter, Ervin describes his lifetime of devotion to the Constitution from his days as a prohibition era defense attorney in Burke County , North Carolina, to his Chairmanship of the Senate Watergate Committee. A renowned Constitutional scholar, Ervin explains in his book his sometimes controversial stands through legal and historical analysis of what he calls "the most precious instruments ever devised by the mind of man."