Tyler Spotswood, an alcoholic campaign manager, helps elect a corrupt Southern politician to the U.
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About the Author: John Roderigo Dos Passos (1896-1970).
Crawford reminds many of Louisiana politician Huey Long, a figure studied in person by Dos Passos.
Number One draws many comparisons to Robert Penn Warren\'s All the King\'s Men .
When his boss, Chuck Crawford aka "Number One," pins a scandal on Spotswood, Tyler is too drunk to blow the whistle.
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Tyler Spotswood, an alcoholic campaign manager, helps elect a corrupt Southern politician to the U.
S