Coasters

by DUFF GERALD

• ISBN13: 9781588380296
• ISBN10: 1588380297
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: John F Blair Pub

Summary

Waylon McPhee, middle-aged and divorced, moves back in with his widowed father in hopes of coasting through another year. But his father is dating again, and his sisters don't like it. Waylon slides through life seeking to recover something he lost in his youth: enough momentum to achieve escape velocity.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(11)
Bill Bradley
Author's Preface	11	(6)
Prelude -- A Case In the Making: PeeWee Takes a Hit	17	(18)
Part I: Roots and History
The Forebears	35	(13)
Cullman: The Foundational Years	48	(15)
The Sewanee Years: Mountain Top Experiences	63	(12)
Princeton and Columbia	75	(8)
Transition Back to Alabama	83	(14)
Interlude---The Road to Montgomery	88	(9)
Part II: The Practice of Law
The Young Assistant Attorney General	97	(7)
Taking on Governors	104	(14)
Attorney Wrestles Grinch	118	(10)
Protecting the Environment	128	(4)
The Highway Department Class Action	132	(9)
Interlude---Near-Death Experiences in Underground Ganges	138	(3)
Other Historic Cases	141	(15)
The Church Trial of the Century	156	(5)
Other Precedent-Setting and Notable Cases	161	(26)
Challenging and Defending Police	187	(8)
Not Doing It Alone	195	(8)
21st Century: No Stopping Point	203	(7)
Perspective on Plaintiff's Work	210	(17)
Interlude---Julian and PeeWee Face Judge Reaves	214	(13)
Part III: Politics, People, and Causes
Joe Reed: Wearer of Four (Big) Hats	227	(6)
History Worth Preserving	233	(7)
J.L. Chestnut and Selma	240	(6)
The Political Instinct	246	(15)
Bill Bradley for President	261	(13)
Ron Mays and the Arbitration Albatross	274	(5)
Favorite Causes: Church, Schools, Athletics, Missions	279	(12)
Interlude---PeeWee's Case, Revisited	286	(5)
Part IV: Faith and Family
Signs, Wonders, and Miracles	291	(14)
Unborn Children, Mahesh, and David	305	(44)
Interlude---Dry Bones and Living Water	328	(21)
The Foundation of Family	349	(36)
Postlude---PeeWee's Case, Appeal and Aftermath	359	(26)
Closing Arguments	385	(6)
Index	391