• Preface
• Which Road to Where?: False Starts, Unexpected Influences, and a Special Mentor 1953-1956
• A Straight-Up Learning Curve: American Heart Association - Maryland Director 1956-1961
• Riding the Golden Bear: American Heart Association - California Director 1961-1966
• Hearding Cats, Tiger-Size: Mental Health Association - National Director 1966-1971
• Survival, Successes, and Enough: Mental Health Association - National Director 1971-1978
• "It Won't Fly, Orville": Creating INDEPENDENT SECTOR 1978-1980
• Early Victories and Lessons: INDEPENDENT SECTOR 1980-1985
• Powered by Coalition: INDEPENDENT SECTOR 1985-1995
• What's a Community Organizer Doing Globally?: International Assignments 1985-2005
• Bridging the Worlds of Action and Writing: Fourteen Books, From the Practitioner's View 1975-2005
• Improbable Professor: University College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University 1995-2005
• If the Past Is Prologue: For Those Going Forward 2005-2055
• Appendix: Chief Volunteer Officers with Whom I Served
• Notes
• References
• Selected Other Writings of Brian O'Connell
• Index
