Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 1926-1968 / William E. Dufford Dufford, William E.
  • Chapter 1 The Web 7
  • Chapter 2 Rambling 8
  • Chapter 3 Good Home Training 11
  • Chapter 4 One of the Boys 14
  • Chapter 5 Separation at the Pool, Unity on the Home Front 19
  • Chapter 6 Heeding the Call 22
  • Chapter 7 Out in the World 24
  • Chapter 8 From Navy Veteran to Frat Boy 27
  • Chapter 9 Winyah Gators 30
  • Chapter 10 Two Homecomings in Two Years 41
  • Chapter 11 It Was Ugly in Your Head 49
  • Chapter 12 The Path Gets Clearer 52
  • Chapter 13 Lift Every Voice and Sing 60
  • Chapter 14 Definitions 64
  • Part 2 1969-1976 / Aïda Rogers Rogers, Aïda
  • Chapter 15 Spring 1969 65
  • Chapter 16 Welcome to Sumter 66
  • Chapter 17 Reunion with Reed Swann 70
  • Chapter 18 Student Body President Allen Johnson 71
  • Chapter 19 Steps to Togetherness 73
  • Chapter 20 Breaking the Ice in the Hot Tub 76
  • Chapter 21 For God and Coach 78
  • Chapter 22 The Salvation of Walter McRackan 80
  • Chapter 23 Bus Ride 81
  • Chapter 24 Scuffle 83
  • Chapter 25 Parents Speak Out 85
  • Chapter 26 Alabama Kisses 86
  • Chapter 27 Pool in School 87
  • Chapter 28 Becoming Familiar with the Unfamiliar 89
  • Chapter 29 On the Steps of Edmunds Gym 91
  • Chapter 30 Good Luck Class of 1970 93
  • Chapter 31 Pomp and Circumstance 94
  • Chapter 32 The Biggest Achievement of the Year 97
  • Chapter 33 Baseball Dreams 102
  • Chapter 34 Left Behind 104
  • Chapter 35 Freedom Song 105
  • Chapter 36 Summer Upheaval 106
  • Chapter 37 A Statewide Mission 108
  • Chapter 38 Sumter Fall-Out 114
  • Chapter 39 Summer Study 1971 118
  • Chapter 40 Boston Calling 122
  • Chapter 41 The Deepening, Widening Circle 124
  • Chapter 42 From the Frying Pan to the Fire 128
  • Chapter 43 Welcome to York 130
  • Chapter 44 A New Team 131
  • Chapter 45 Impossible to Say No 133
  • Chapter 46 Learning the District 135
  • Chapter 47 Decision at Hickory Knob 136
  • Chapter 48 Tension Rising 138
  • Chapter 49 Last Man Standing; or, Swann Song 141
  • Chapter 50 The Crash 144
  • Part 3 1977-2016 / William E Dufford Dufford, William E
  • Chapter 51 Back Outside the Fray 147
  • Chapter 52 The Way It Should Be 150
  • Chapter 53 Justice and Fairness 156
  • Chapter 54 The Old Plantation and the Upper Room 160
  • Chapter 55 Oldest Living Newberry Indian 162
  • Chapter 56 Houses and Kids and Cars 169
  • Chapter 57 Ode to Secretaries, Custodians, and Team Managers 171