From the Book - First Back Bay paperback edition.
Vivian and the Air Force --
Memphis and Sam Phillips --
Sun Records, the Tennessee Two, and Boom chicka boom --
"Hey, porter," "Folsom Prison blues," and a baby girl --
Louisiana hayride and "I walk the line" --
Columbia Records, "Big River," and pills --
Hollywood, Town hall party, and Lorrie Collins --
"Ride this train" and the Huntsville Prison Rodeo --
Billie Jean and the marriage proposal --
Casitas Springs and Saul Holiff --
The drugs and Carnegie Hall --
"Ring of fire," "Understand your man," and the troops in the Far East --
Newport, Bob Dylan, "Ira Hayes," and Ballads of the true West --
The Los Padres fire and the El Paso drug bust --
The divorce, Bob Johnston, and a suicide tale --
Folsom Prison and marrying June --
The Johnny Cash Show and superstardom --
Kris Kristofferson, Billy Graham, and Anita Carter --
"It's a boy" and the White House --
Israel and the calling --
The gospel road and a change of managers --
Family man and national icon --
The pills return and all hell breaks loose --
At Betty Ford and dropped by Columbia Records --
The beginning of the Mercury era and heart surgery --
Branson, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and U2 --
The end of the concert trail and struggling wtih physical pain --
"The man comes around" and "Hurt" --
