I read this book with special interest. Randolph Bohrer, Edith Farnsworth's attorney, was my grandfather. I was disappointed that the book had only speculation on why Randy was such a pit bull for Dr. Farnsworth. Here's my take on it: 1. Randy's health was poor throughout his adult life. He was born in 1906, so he was only 45 in 1951, not 59 like the book says. Edith Farnsworth probably did save his life. Randy was always looking for specialists to improve his health. Randy died in 1957, from complications from surgery, in Quebec, Canada. The Quebec specialist failed. At his death, he was only 51. Randy lied about his age to look more established for business reasons, and because my grandmother was 8 years older than he was. Randy also wanted people to believe his stepson, Mason Bohrer (1923-2002), was his biological son, which only worked if Randy was older. 2. Randy was Jewish, the son of immigrants from Budapest. Randy grew up speaking Yiddish at home. Mies Van der Rohe tried to play nice with Hitler, and only left Germany after he failed to please the Nazis. I am positive Randy knew this. 3.Randy admired strong, independent women. He married one. My grandmother, Audiss E. Waite (1898-1978), was a Protestant widow with a 6-year-old son when they met on a blind date, then married in 1929. Audie's husband had died 3 weeks before my dad, Mason Bohrer, was born in 1923. Randy would have been very angry that men were kicking Edith Farnsworth around. 4. Randy was an upstart. Growing up, he sold newspapers on street corners to help support his family. He worked his way through a Bachelor of Law degree from Chicago Kent by clerking in law offices. In other words, Randy's undergraduate degree was law. He had no graduate degree. Mies Van der Rohe's lawyers were from a big Chicago firm, and had fancy degrees. Randy wanted to show he was better than they were. 5. Randy was very familiar with making real estate work. Randy made his money by gathering investors and putting together real estate deals. They would buy defaulted building bonds, 10 cents on the dollar, foreclose on the buildings, fix them up and sell them or rent them out completely. If the roof leaked, the fire place didn't draw, the house flooded and oil smudged the windows, nobody would want to live there. The building needed fixing up. 6. When Randy asked Mies Van der Rohe about snoring visitors in the Farnsworth house, it was a personally relevant question. The custom designed house my grandparents built at the Glory B Ranch, near St. Ignatius, MT, in 1957, had a wall between Randy’s bed and my grandmother’s bed. This was to cut down on the noise of Randy’s snoring, which kept my grandmother from sleeping well. 7. Randolph Bohrer was a very generous man, usually anonymously. It's very likely he provided legal services to Edith Farnsworth for free, but he would never have admitted it publicly. In another example, Randy owned a place near Missoula, MT, which my grandmother named Legendary Lodge, from 1946 to 1950. In 1950, Missoula County raised the taxes on it something fierce. Randy sold or gave the place to the Diocese of Helena, which the church still operates as a summer camp. In June, 1957, Randy and Audie moved to a ranch near St. Ignatius, MT. The Bishop of Helena called on Randy regularly until his death in December, 1957. Randy was Jewish. His wife was Protestant. After Randy's death, the Bishop wrote letters to both the paper in Missoula and the Chicago Tribune offering condolences to our family. I remember family discussions about the Farnsworth house. Everyone agreed it had to be a livable house first, and then a masterpiece. It was obvious to my family that it wasn't worth anything if you couldn't live in it. Mies Van der Rohe had not delivered the product he promised, a livable house. The picture is Randolph Bohrer ca 1948.