Table of Contents

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Part One: The First Hundred Years

To 1955

Preface

  1. Forebears
  2. School Days
  3. Jimmy Coyne
  4. She Rattled and Rolled
  5. With Arthur
  6. Growing Pains I
  7. Stand-Patter
  8. Local Talent
  9. Big Harp
  10. Big Kies
  11. On the Road
  12. Papa Bear
  13. Lessons in Living
  1. Betting Man
  2. The Great Stoneface
  3. Meeting Al Smith
  4. Cum Posey
  5. Sutherland Clone
  6. Boyz 'n the Hood
  7. The Survivor
  8. Disciplinarian
  9. Taskmaster
  10. Miss Hall
  11. Kiesling Again
  12. Teetotaller
  13. Big Spender

Part Two: Bit Player

1956-1965

  1. Stagestruck
  2. High-Maintenance Coach
  3. Change of Scene
  4. 'Don't Knock Friendship'
  5. Owls Hoot, Eagles Fly
  1. Turmoil
  2. Superman
  3. Mama's Boy
  4. A Slight Misunderstanding
  5. Liberty Bell

Part Three: A Seat at the Table

1965-1969

  1. Kass
  2. Mr. Clean
  3. Dog Pound
  4. Lombardi Lite
  5. Fran Fogarty
  1. A Sense of Belonging
  2. Charles Henry Noll
  3. The 1969 Draft
  4. The Media

Part Four: New Broom

1970-1973

  1. Three Rivers
  2. Golden Boy
  3. Sunrise
  4. VIPs and Others
  5. Man of LaMancha
  6. Training Camp
  1. Shakedown
  2. Growing Pains II
  3. Paper Promotion
  4. Airlift
  5. Horse Sense
  6. A 'Yeah, But' Player

Part Five: Full Speed Ahead

1974-1980

  1. Jefferson Street Joe
  2. Too Much Too Soon
  3. Overcoming Oakland
  4. Wising Up
  5. A Different Approach
  1. Too Many Cooks
  2. Father Jim
  3. A Kindly, Aging Guy
  4. High Noon
  5. Last Hurrah

Part Six: Winding Down

To 2007

  1. Executive Privilege
  2. Patchwork
  3. Put in Our Places
  4. 'Let's Take Rivera'
  1. The Blacklist
  2. 1984
  3. Overrated
  4. Vigil at Mercy

Epilogue

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