On the Shelf. White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret. By A.J. Baime Marine: 400 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission ...

When Walter White died in 1955, one obit called him “a Negro by choice.” The way White saw it, it was the only choice an honorable person could make. The blond, blue-eyed White was, by … ...