Author's Note 3(6)
Introduction 9(16)
1 Shame
25(47)
2 "Fairyland"
72(19)
3 Sarasota and Minneapolis
91(23)
4 Big Time
114(26)
5 The Writers
140(33)
6 406
173(26)
7 3A
199(22)
8 World War II
221(25)
9 1946
246(35)
10 1947--1948
281(25)
11 1949--1951
306(20)
12 Ted and Joe
326(9)
13 Korea
335(32)
14 Transitions
367(32)
15 1954--1956
399(25)
16 Late Innings
424(22)
17 Last Ups
446(14)
18 Kindness
460(9)
19 Real Life
469(24)
20 Bobby--Jo
493(7)
21 "Inn of the Immortals"
500(14)
22 Dolores
514(13)
23 The Splendid Skipper
527(37)
24 Young John--Henry and Claudia
564(29)
25 The Fishing Life
593(16)
26 Being Ted Williams
609(24)
27 Enter John-Henry
633(17)
28 Ted Failing
650(28)
29 Hitter.net
678(19)
30 Spiraling
697(14)
31 Alcor
711(10)
32 Foreboding
721(21)
33 July 5, 2002
742(11)
34 The Pact
753(20)
Epilogue 773(4)
Acknowledgments 777(8)
Appendix I Ted Williams's Lifetime Statistics 785(2)
Appendix II People Who Were Interviewed for The Kid 787(14)
Notes 801(27)
Bibliography 828(4)
Index 832