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Last pick : a whimsical warmhearted autobiography of a twelve-year-old who became a great trial lawyer / Pierce O'Donnell.
A whimsical warmhearted autobiography of a twelve-year-old who became a great trial lawyer The oldest of four children in a prototypical Irish Catholic family, Pierce O'Donnell recounts growing up in a village with more cows than residents with his WWII-hero father, who owns the only liquor store; his intellectual mother, the librarian; his spinster aunt, the local postmaster; his three younger sisters; and a ghost named Nora. Last Pick adroitly conjures up a bygone era in which this young boy's biggest concerns were making the Little League Team (he never did), not freezing to death delivering a newspaper, making Eagle Scout, and learning Latin as a reluctant altar boy allergic to incense. This self-deprecating story of a determined, well-meaning underdog will delight O'Donnell's fellow Baby Boomers and enchant younger generations for years to come with its witty and timeless humor.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781644282953
- ISBN: 164428295X
- Physical Description: 212 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Los Angeles : Rare Bird Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
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| Subject: | O'Donnell, Pierce. Lawyers > United States > Biography. Lawyers. United States. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Cedar County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar County - Stockton | B O'DO (Text) | 3482700076583 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Last Pick : A Baby Boomer's Boyhood
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Table of Contents
Last Pick : A Baby Boomer's Boyhood
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Author's Note | p. 15 | |
| Preface | p. 17 | |
| Prologue | p. 19 | |
| Winter | ||
| Chapter 1 | Hometown Boy | p. 25 |
| Chapter 2 | Nora the Ghost | p. 36 |
| Chapter 3 | "All Aboard!" | p. 42 |
| Chapter 4 | "Bless Me, Father" | p. 51 |
| Chapter 5 | Muskrat | p. 58 |
| Chapter 6 | Peter Pan | p. 63 |
| Spring | ||
| Chapter 7 | Spring Training | p. 79 |
| Chapter 8 | Incense | p. 88 |
| Chapter 9 | "Look It Up" | p. 96 |
| Chapter 10 | Highballs | p. 108 |
| Summer | ||
| Chapter 11 | Mr. Dibble | p. 117 |
| Chapter 12 | Sister Act | p. 124 |
| Chapter 13 | The Cousins | p. 131 |
| Chapter 14 | Last Pick | p. 137 |
| Chapter 15 | The Methodists | p. 149 |
| Fall | ||
| Chapter 16 | "Yes, Miss Gehle" | p. 155 |
| Chapter 17 | Happy Thanksgiving | p. 162 |
| Chapter 18 | "What Did Your Mother Say?" | p. 169 |
| Chapter 19 | Eating My Way Across Troy | p. 181 |
| Chapter 20 | Chin-Ups | p. 191 |
| Epilogue | p. 203 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 211 |
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