Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue 1
5. 1. The Death of a Boss 6
6. 2. The Road to California 18
7. 3. The GI Bill of Rights 30
8. 4. Hat in the Ring 43
9. 5. The Education of a Rookie 58
10. 6. Segregation and the Unruh Civil Rights Act 74
11. 7. Fair Housing and White Backlash 90
12. 8. Animal House 110
13. 9. Backstabbing Democrats 129
14. 10. Dirty Dealings and High Idealism 146
15. 11. A Full-Time Legislature 163
16. 12. Unruh, Robert Kennedy, and the Anti-War Movement 173
17. 13. Unruh versus Reagan 191
18. 14. The Man with the Money 207
19. Epilogue 221
20. Notes 225
21. Index 249