INTRODUCTION
by Tom Farley, Jr.
xi
ACT I
CHAPTER 1 A Motivated Speaker
3
CHAPTER 2 Madison, Wisconsin
11
CHAPTER 3 An Epiphany
36
CHAPTER 4 Attacking the Stage
56
CHAPTER 5 Whale Boy
73
CHAPTER 6 Super Fan
98
CHAPTER 7 The Place in Alabama
118
ACT II
CHAPTER 8 A Friendly Visitor
145
CHAPTER 9 The Magic Sixty-six
171
CHAPTER 10 The Lost Boys
191
CHAPTER 11 The Polar Bear Pit
212
ACT III
CHAPTER 12 Raising the White Flag
239
CHAPTER 13 The Devil in the Closet
261
CHAPTER 14 Fatty Falls Down
290
CHAPTER 15 The Parting Glass
311
EPILOGUE 327
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 331
NOTE ON SOURCES AND METHOD 335
THE -OGRAPHIES 337
INDEX 343