The year is 1920 and Albert Gore has just finished eighth grade, an age when many farm children quit their formal schooling.

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'

Albert Gore grew up hearing his father's stories about those days and watching Hull's political rise, and wanted nothing more than to be like him.

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'

Luck seemed barely a factor in the case of Albert Gore.

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'

When Albert Gore III was arrested for clocking 100mph with drugs inside his Toyota Prius on July 4, the news traveled quickly among hybrid owners on the Internet.

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" During Albert Gore's later days in the Senate, colleague Robert Kerr of Oklahoma stopped a committee hearing and said, "Wait a minute, Albert, what did you say?

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'

And despite his tendency toward public pomposity, there was an occasional exuberance to Albert Gore that came out mostly when he was telling stories in Tennessee, or showing off at the center of a crowd, or playing his fiddle.

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'

Many of Hull's basic political convictions -- his belief in progressive taxation, internationalism, and free trade -- were bequeathed to Albert Gore, and then to son Al, but also notable was the style that was passed along as well.

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'

Al Gore grew up in Washington, where his father, Albert A. Gore Sr.

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Albert has been obsessed with fiddle music for years, so much so that his classmates call him Music Gore.

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'