From a colorful youth growing up in the governor's mansion, to a distinguished military career, and seeing firsthand the politics of world events during the second half of the twentieth century, Presidents, Kings, and Convicts tells the story of Congressman Bob Clement's multifaceted life, and it reveals many previously untold stories about famous people.

This memoir narrates the shaping of his life as a moderate Democrat growing up in the south in the 1950s; it shares how Clement had a front-row seat to some of America's most significant events since World War II; it provides...