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| List of Illustrations | ix | |
| Dateline | xiii | |
| Foreword | xvii | |
| Acknowledgments | xxiii | |
| Prologue | xxv | |
| Part 1. | Roots | |
| I. | The Old McMath Homeplace | 3 |
| II. | John Ray Sanders | 9 |
| III. | Papa Rudd | 15 |
| IV. | The Confederacy and Reconstruction | 21 |
| V. | "Mother Mae" | 25 |
| VI. | "Old Judd" | 29 |
| VII. | "Pap" | 33 |
| VIII. | The Jack Parham Place | 37 |
| IX. | "Uncle Spooks" | 39 |
| X. | Bussey | 41 |
| XI. | Foreman and Taylor | 47 |
| XII. | Home Again | 51 |
| Part 2. | Duty Calls | |
| I. | Hot Springs | 63 |
| II. | Elaine Broughton | 75 |
| III. | "The Old Breed" | 81 |
| IV. | My Hometown | 87 |
| V. | The Pull of the Corps | 91 |
| VI. | American Samoa | 99 |
| VII. | In the Mood | 107 |
| VIII. | New Zealand | 109 |
| IX. | Guadalcanal--The Solomon Islands | 113 |
| X. | Bougainville | 127 |
| XI. | Coconut Grove | 155 |
| XII. | Anne Phillips | 159 |
| Part 3. | Politics and After | |
| I. | The GI Revolt | 167 |
| II. | Prosecuting Attorney | 181 |
| III. | My Race for Governor of Arkansas | 191 |
| IV. | The Governor's Mansion | 213 |
| V. | My First Term | 225 |
| VI. | My Second Term | 245 |
| VII. | Power Versus the People | 267 |
| VIII. | A Race for the Senate | 295 |
| IX. | Little Rock Central High School, 1957 | 301 |
| X. | Vietnam | 307 |
| XI. | A People's Law Firm | 319 |
| XII. | Betty Dortch Russell | 325 |
| Part 4. | Conclusion | 331 |
| "A Nation's Prayer" | 337 | |
| Appendixes | Cases That Made a Difference | |
| I. | Get the Facts | 341 |
| II. | Let the Jury Decide | 349 |
| III. | Sauce for the Goose | 357 |
| IV. | A Subsequent Shock Shows How: Admissibility | 363 |
| V. | Guns Don't Kill: Fleeing Fugitives Do | 369 |
| VI. | Advertisements That Prey: Negligent Inducement | 373 |
| VII. | Justice Weeps: A Petition for Redress | 383 |
| VIII. | A Scream in the Night | 389 |
| IX. | Death Takes a Holiday | 397 |
| X. | Poisoning a Neighbor's Well | 403 |
| XI. | Willful, Wanton, Reckless Disregard for Safety--A Policy Decision | 415 |
| XII. | Insult and Outrage--Defamation--Projecting an Innocent Person in a False Light | 423 |
| XIII. | Gee, Dad, That's a Lot of Tomatoes | 431 |
| XIV. | The Wrong Road Taken | 449 |
| XV. | Seek Justice, Plead for the Widow, Champion the Fatherless, Relieve the Oppressed--And Put the Money in Trust | 459 |
| Index | 465 |
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Jarret Gonter
reviewed Promises Kept: A Memoir on December 12, 2011
Promises Kept: A Memoir
This was a birthday gift from my wife, Shari. The diaries by Hay were written during his time in the white house and gave some real good insights as to daily events and how Lincoln dealt with them. It provided fodder for my John Hay talks.
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