Prologue. The Obsessive Innovator: The Archetypal Super-Achiever 1(12)
Part One Founding Farmers and Factoid Finders
1 Politics: Thomas Jefferson
13(36)
Omniscient Organizer
2 Marketing: Henry Heinz
49(36)
Naked without His Steel Tape Measure
Part Two Secret Sex Maniacs
3 Information Technology: Melvil Dewey
85(34)
The Librarian Who Worshipped Perfect Tens
4 Sexuality: Alfred Kinsey
119(36)
The Rabid Orgasm Counter
5 Aviation: Charles Lindbergh
155(42)
At Home in Flight
Part Three Celebrity Compulsives
6 Beauty: Estee Lauder
197(34)
The Woman Who Couldn't Stop Touching Faces
7 Sports: Ted Williams
231(34)
"Show Me Your Swing"
Epilogue. Future Obsessives 265(4)
Sources 269(14)
Acknowledgments 283(2)
Photo Credits 285(1)
Index 286