And when they weren’t, his behavior was also striking. Even as a boy, of course, he could not endure being only one of a group—in a companion’s phrase, “could not stand, just could not stand not being the leader,” not only of boys his own age but of older boys. “If he couldn’t lead, he didn’t care much about playing.” The need to dominate was as evident in Georgetown living rooms as in the vacant lots of Johnson City, as evident with Abe Fortas and Jim Rowe and even Tommy the Cork as it had been with Bob Edwards and the Crider brothers.
