Prologue : maverick: the "self-made man"
"It's the only way to see"
The biography of a bookstore
Howl : the poem struggling to be born
The publisher : "when do i get the manuscript?"
The bust : law & literature
The high court : Justice Brennan's constitutional handiwork
The judge : the story of the Sunday-school bible teacher
The courtroom : poetry on trial
The verdict : vindicated!
Aftermath : the poet & the publisher
Déjà vu : fighting the FCC 50 years later
Epilogue : onward: "where are Whitman's wild children?"
People v. Ferlinghetti (1957 unpublished opinion)
Pacifica interview with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and commentary.
