Table of Contents
Foreword George Foreman v
Chapter 1 Top of the World, Ma 1
Chapter 2 Vintage Wine from the Grapes of Wrath 3
Chapter 3 A Clan of Their Own 19
Chapter 4 Hard Luck 23
Chapter 5 Best Laid Plans of Jack and Men 28
Chapter 6 Prodigy 31
Chapter 7 Down on Main Street 45
Chapter 8 Kicking Ass and Taking Names 52
Chapter 9 The Lord's Prayer 82
Chapter 10 Bridesmaid 91
Chapter 11 Defying Neptune 108
Chapter 12 Of Garden Parties and Great Whites 112
Chapter 13 Come Out Smokin' 119
Chapter 14 Scratching the Seven-Year Itch 132
Chapter 15 Big Mac Attack 141
Chapter 16 Return from Exile: Ebony and Ivory 147
Chapter 17 He Ain't Heavy 163
Chapter 18 Chillin' with The King 167
Chapter 19 Of Soul Brothers, Mad Dogs, and Irishmen 178
Chapter 20 Ex-Cons, Acorns, and Madame Cocaine 189
Chapter 21 Another Cup of Joe 204
Chapter 22 Mandingo These Nuts 214
Chapter 23 Last Call 222
Chapter 24 Requiem for a Great White Hope 229
Chapter 25 The Lost Men 236
Chapter 26 Of Last Temptations and Rotten Bastards 243
Chapter 27 Harbinger 247
Chapter 28 The Abyss 250
Chapter 29 The Pipes Are Calling 258
Chapter 30 Stairway to Heaven 265
Sources 271
Acknowledgments 292
Index 294
