内容简介：
In this long-awaited biography, Mary Jo Santo Pietro chronicles the life of one of the most powerful men in Washington, D.C. At once a flamboyant showman, respected statesman, and devout Dominican priest, Gilbert V. Hartke was a legendary figure in the Washington theater community and beyond. This book uncovers the complex and paradoxical character of the man known as the "White House priest" and the "Show Biz priest" and at the same time offers an inside look at the major theatrical and political events in the nation's capital from the 1930s through the 1980s.