*Includes pictures *Includes Griffith's own quotes about his life and career *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “What I like is to play a character like me. I don't care for it too much when I have to get away from myself.” – Andy Griffith “I wanted to prove that I could play something else, but there were 249 episodes out there of 'Mayberry,' and it was aired every day. It was hard to escape.” – Andy Griffith A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.