in some of the more recent works on clarence king, i think of patricia o'toole's book, the five parts about the relationship of king, john hayes and his wife, henry adams and his wife. o'toole tries to get at some of king's predilection so in terms of his view about race and the attractiveness of women of color. i realize you don't want to spend a lot of time was psychoanalyzing, but do you have any feeling as to what some of the drivers might have been for king taking that step? >> good question. i think we can say two things. one is you can say king is a racial romantic. he definitely romanticizes women of color. his friends in manhattan consider him the most eligible bachelor around and are always trying to set him up with white women at dinner parties at elite clubs and nice homes and king has no interest in these women. he imagines that when men of color and he's attracted at different moments to indian women in california, to native hawaii and women in hawaii, when he meets in cuba. he sees these people as more spontaneous, more natural than, as closer to nature, and i will leav

ada todd was an eye to married to clarence king, is celebrated public a. person the american secretary of state john hayes was call the person who was the best and brightest of his generation king was a larger-than-life character from a western explored phraseologist an accomplished writer and storyteller. he hobnobbed with presidents and congressman, can to some of the nation's most distinguished writers and artists of his closest friends. his physical agility and bravery combined with his keen intellect and wit commandery air -- near reverence for those who knew him best. with king and the historian henry adams roach, men were shipped not so much as the ideal american and they all wanted to be. this, of for husbands tried kennedy and even his real family genealogy through the memories of his friends, through his letters, his published writings, through the records of the government agencies which he served as an administrator. his race, social status, education, his professional career let us know much more about him than we know about most americans bor