Prologue 1(14)
Part One
Chapter 1 The Promise
15(11)
Chapter 2 Fun and Games at The Citadel
26(8)
Chapter 3 Daufuskie Island
34(19)
Chapter 4 The Writing of The Great Santini
53(14)
Chapter 5 Publication of The Great Santini
67(12)
Chapter 6 On the Set of The Great Santini
79(20)
Chapter 7 Two Premieres
99(18)
Part Two
Chapter 8 Stanny
117(11)
Chapter 9 Piedmont
128(16)
Chapter 10 Peg Conroy Egan
144(19)
Chapter 11 Trip to Rome, Georgia
163(9)
Chapter 12 Gnome
172(12)
Chapter 13 Tom's Breakdown
184(19)
Chapter 14 The End to It All
203(8)
Part Three
Chapter 15 Tom's Leap, Carol Ann's Ball of Tears
211(24)
Chapter 16 Losing Carol Ann
235(15)
Chapter 17 Escape from San Francisco
250(14)
Chapter 18 Don and the Chicago Irish
264(14)
Chapter 19 The Arcs
278(26)
Chapter 20 Hurrah for the Next Man to Die
304(13)
Chapter 21 The God of Last Things
317(12)
Epilogue: Pat Conroy's Eulogy for the Great Santini 329(8)
Acknowledgments 337