CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION:  FAMILY MATTERS

PROLOGUE:  MANNING INC.

CHAPTER 1:  “THEY AIN’T STOPPIN’ IN DREW”

CHAPTER 2:  MR. DREW

CHAPTER 3:  “AIN’T YIELDING TO NOBODY”

CHAPTER 4:  “I THINK BUDDY’S DEAD”

CHAPTER 5:  “HE HAS MADE PEOPLE FORGET JAMES MEREDITH”

CHAPTER 6:  MUDBUGGERS

CHAPTER 7:  “STRANGLED BY THE TRAUMA”

CHAPTER 8:  GOOD LORD, I FEEL LIKE I’M DYING

CHAPTER 9:  “A DOGGONE GOOD TRIP”

CHAPTER 10:  “WE’RE NOT AVERAGE. WE’RE COOP AND PEYT.”

CHAPTER 11:  EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ORANGE

CHAPTER 12:  JUST RIGHT

CHAPTER 13:  “I’LL WIN FOR YOU”

CHAPTER 14:  “A GOLDEN STAIRCASE FROM HEAVEN”

CHAPTER 15:  “AN AMBIVALENT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS IMAGE”

CHAPTER 16:  ELI’S COMING

CHAPTER 17:  MR. INHUMAN

CHAPTER 18:  PEYTON, FINALLY

CHAPTER 19:  ANYTHING YOU CAN DO

CHAPTER 20:  “THE POWER OF PEYTON”

CHAPTER 21:  ONE DOWN, ONE UP

CHAPTER 22:  MIRACLE, REDUX

CHAPTER 23:  GOODBYE, HELLO

CHAPTER 24:  “HE THROWS DUCKS”

CHAPTER 25:  “GONNA DRINK A WHOLE LOTTA BEER”

CHAPTER 26:  LAST MANNING STANDING

NOTES

INDEX