 The Seattle connection came about because David Riesman had agreed, contrary to his general rule, to write an introduction for a book edited by a friend at Doubleday, Adam Yarmolinsky, because he found it unique and charming, although he had never met the author.The book was "To Be a Politician" by Bullitt, about his unsuccessful run for Congress in Seattle.When Bullitt, by then president of his family's television company, would come to Cambridge, Riesman, if unavailable, would ask Hagan to meet with him.