In the midst of a bitterly contested election season, here's a book to demonstrate that not all stories that come from Washington D.C. inspire cynicism. From the publisher: "Step by Step is the inspiring personal account of Bertie Bowman’s remarkable rise from farmer’s son in the Jim Crow South to hearing coordinator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the U.S. Capitol. For sixty years, Bertie Bowman stood at the epicenter of change and witnessed history in the making: the death of FDR, World War II, Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam, and Watergate." Kirkus Reviews calls it "A heartfelt, old-school American history lesson."