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Nearly everyone who played a significant role in the Watergate saga has been scrutinized except one key participant: night watchman Frank Wills. On the morning of June 17, 1972, in Washington D.C, the twenty-four-year-old security guard was on duty at the Watergate Office Building when he detected a break-in. A high school dropout with only a few hours of formal guard training, Wills alerted the police who caught five burglars, ultimately igniting a national political scandal that ended with the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The only African American identified with the Watergate affair, Frank Wills enjoyed a brief moment in the limelight, but was unable to cope with his newfound fame, living the remainder of his life in obscurity and poverty. Through exhaustive research and numerous interviews, the story of America's most famous night watchman finally has been told.

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It takes generosity of spirit, and often the talents of a fine detective, to find poetry in the life of a common man. Adam Henig has those qualities, and the tale he tells of the life of Frank Wills is both tragic, and illuminating, in his capable hands. -John A. Farrell, author of Richard Nixon: The Life Absorbing...compelling biography. -Herb Boyd, author of Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin Adam Henig provides a sensitive look into the life of a unique character in the Watergate scandal. -Joseph Rodota, author of The Watergate: Inside America's Most Infamous Address A moving exposition. -Carol McCabe Booker, contributor, Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement Adam Henig, through his exhaustive research, gives Wills his dignity and honor back. -Don Rhodes, columnist, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle

It takes generosity of spirit, and often the talents of a fine detective, to find poetry in the life of a common man. Adam Henig has those qualities, and the tale he tells of the life of Frank Wills is both tragic, and illuminating, in his capable hands. --John A. Farrell, author of Richard Nixon: The Life Absorbing...compelling biography. --Herb Boyd, author of Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin Adam Henig provides a sensitive look into the life of a unique character in the Watergate scandal. --Joseph Rodota, author of The Watergate: Inside America's Most Infamous Address A moving exposition. --Carol McCabe Booker, contributor, Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement Adam Henig, through his exhaustive research, gives Wills his dignity and honor back. --Don Rhodes, columnist, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.

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Adam Henig’s writings have appeared Time, Tampa Bay Times, Washington Independent Review of Books, BlackPast, San Francisco Book Review and History News Network.

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