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PART ONE Innocence Lost, Atlantic City, April 1983
1 March 26, 1951: The Whole World Opened Up
7(13)
2 October 5, 1951: When Fates Converge
20(18)
3 October 23, 1951: Undermined
38(11)
4 May 27, 1949: Patrimony
49(22)
5 May 20, 1952: In the Ground
71(12)
6 April 17, 1953: One Big Day
83(20)
7 November 2, 1953: Fish Bait
103(19)
8 September 26, 1954: No Other Time
122(27)
PART TWO A Round with The Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983
9 May 30, 1956: A Body Remembers
149(14)
10 May 16, 1957: Returns of the Day
163(23)
11 August 14, 1960: Season Under Siege
186(24)
PART THREE Nightcap, Atlantic City, April 1983
12 September 25, 1961: Dr. Feelgood
210(23)
13 May 18, 1962: His Best Self
233(15)
14 June 5, 1963: The Breaking Point
248(16)
15 September 26, 1968: Last Licks
264(26)
PART FOUR Dream On, Atlantic City, April 1983
16 June 8, 1969: Half-life of a Star
290(16)
17 December 19, 1985: 18 Below in Fargo
306(21)
18 February 5, 1988: Top of the Heap
327(12)
19 Febraury 4, 1994: Getaway Day
339(23)
PART FIVE Riding with The Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983
20 August 13, 1995: The Last Boy
362(23)
Epilogue 385(4)
Acknowledgments 389(6)
Appendix 1 Interview List 395(10)
Appendix 2 The Kinetic Mick 405(12)
Appendix 3 Who's Better? 417(4)
Bibliography 421(18)
Index 439