| Preface |
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xi | |
| Prologue |
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1 | (6) |
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``Didn't no black kids have no bicycles'' |
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7 | (7) |
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``I don't never want to punch no clock'' |
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14 | (7) |
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``A hard, nasty business'' |
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21 | (7) |
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``Judge, it couldn't have been me'' |
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28 | (7) |
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``Let me see how you doin' them turns'' |
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35 | (6) |
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``He had to be tough-skinned'' |
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41 | (7) |
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``I said, `Well, I won the steaks'' |
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48 | (7) |
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``You're going to be knocked around'' |
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55 | (9) |
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``The more you do it, the more you like to do it'' |
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64 | (7) |
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``He knew just how to hit me'' |
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71 | (10) |
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``If he had the power, he'd come on at you'' |
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81 | (8) |
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89 | (4) |
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``They didn't want to use the word Wendell'' |
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93 | (6) |
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``A standoffish position'' |
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99 | (6) |
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``He hid the pain so well'' |
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105 | (12) |
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``Man, I come a long way'' |
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117 | (10) |
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``They took all the kick out of it'' |
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127 | (9) |
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``I just knew Ford was going to do something for me'' |
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136 | (8) |
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``How come way out here?'' |
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144 | (8) |
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``We used to be the cleanup boys'' |
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152 | (9) |
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``I'll get it done, Bill'' |
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161 | (7) |
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``You're not gonna miss that li'l ol' wheel'' |
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168 | (8) |
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``I'm going to show them'' |
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176 | (9) |
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``The funds was just not there'' |
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185 | (7) |
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192 | (5) |
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197 | (5) |
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``It was about wore out'' |
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202 | (8) |
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210 | (4) |
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214 | (9) |
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223 | (10) |
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``And the crowd laughed'' |
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233 | (6) |
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``He put all his chips on the table'' |
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239 | (6) |
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245 | (5) |
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250 | (11) |
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``I couldn't drive like he drove'' |
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261 | (9) |
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``I saw a different Wendell'' |
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270 | (7) |
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277 | (7) |
| Epilogue |
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284 | (5) |
| Acknowledgments |
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289 | (3) |
| Notes |
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292 | (9) |
| Index |
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