Last Pick: A Baby Boomer's Boyhood

Author:   Pierce O'Donnell
Publisher:   Rare Bird Books
ISBN:  

9781644282953


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   19 January 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Pierce O'Donnell
Publisher:   Rare Bird Books
Imprint:   Rare Bird Books
ISBN:  

9781644282953


ISBN 10:   164428295
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   19 January 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Table of Contents

"Author's NotePreface Prologue Winter 1: Hometown Boy 2: Nora the Ghost 3: ""All Aboard!"" 4: ""Bless Me, Father"" 5: Muskrat 6: Peter Pan Spring 7: Spring Training 8: Incense 9: ""Look It Up"" 10: Highballs Summer 11: Mr. Dibble 12: Sister Act 13: The Cousins 14: Last Pick 15: The Methodists Fall 16: ""Yes, Miss Gehle"" 17: Happy Thanksgiving 18: ""What Did Your Mother Say?"" 19: Eating My Way Across Troy 20: Chin-Ups"

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"PRAISE FOR LAST PICK ""O’Donnell’s story doesn’t confine itself solely to him...The rich history that he provides in this wonderful memoir ensures the past lives on.""  —San Francisco Book Review ""An affectionate, appealing, and unsentimental look back on an all-American boyhood in the ’50s."" —Kirkus PRAISE FOR PIERCE O'DONNELL ""The Nazi saboteur case is a blot on our law, and is being used by the Bush administration now to defend its attacks on civil liberties."" —Anthony Lewis ""O’Donnell is a master storyteller who vividly brings to life the trying times of World War II and a nation gripped by fear. ""  —Johnnie Cochran ""[In Time of War] reads like a spy novel, only it’s all true.""  —David Cole, author of Enemy Aliens"


The Nazi saboteur case is a blot on our law, and is being used by the Bush administration now to defend its attacks on civil liberties. -Anthony Lewis O'Donnell is a master storyteller who vividly brings to life the trying times of World War II and a nation gripped by fear. -Johnnie Cochran [In Time of War] reads like a spy novel, only it's all true. -David Cole, author of Enemy Aliens


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Pierce O'Donnell is one of the foremost trial lawyers in America and a bestselling author. In a storied career spanning a half century, he has won numerous landmark decisions that have changed the law. InLast Pick,we are transported back to his boyhood to learn what made him the dynamic, bigger-than-life man who has championed the rights of the voiceless and vulnerable, while writing six acclaimed books, a feature film, and a stage play. Pierce lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Carmen.

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