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Last Pick - Pierce O'Donnell

Last Pick

A Baby Boomer's Boyhood
Buch | Hardcover
272 Seiten
2023
Rare Bird Books (Verlag)
978-1-64428-295-3 (ISBN)
CHF 34,90 inkl. MwSt
A whimsical warmhearted autobiography of a twelve-year-old who became a great trial lawyer

The oldest of four children in a prototypical Irish Catholic family, Pierce O’Donnell recounts growing up in a village with more cows than residents with his WWII-hero father, who owns the only liquor store; his intellectual mother, the librarian; his spinster aunt, the local postmaster; his three younger sisters; and a ghost named Nora. Last Pick adroitly conjures up a bygone era in which this young boy’s biggest concerns were making the Little League Team (he never did), not freezing to death delivering a newspaper, making Eagle Scout, and learning Latin as a reluctant altar boy allergic to incense. This self-deprecating story of a determined, well-meaning underdog will delight O’Donnell’s fellow Baby Boomers and enchant younger generations for years to come with its witty and timeless humor.

Pierce O’Donnell is one of the foremost trial lawyers in America and a bestselling author. In a storied career spanning a half century, he has won numerous landmark decisions that have changed the law. In Last Pick, we are transported back to his boyhood to learn what made him the dynamic, bigger-than-life man who has championed the rights of the voiceless and vulnerable, while writing six acclaimed books, a feature film, and a stage play. Pierce lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Carmen.

Author's NotePreface

Prologue

Winter


1: Hometown Boy

2: Nora the Ghost

3: "All Aboard!"

4: "Bless Me, Father"

5: Muskrat

6: Peter Pan

Spring


7: Spring Training

8: Incense

9: "Look It Up"

10: Highballs

Summer


11: Mr. Dibble

12: Sister Act

13: The Cousins

14: Last Pick

15: The Methodists

Fall


16: "Yes, Miss Gehle"

17: Happy Thanksgiving

18: "What Did Your Mother Say?"

19: Eating My Way Across Troy

20: Chin-Ups

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Illustrations
Verlagsort California
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 228 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
ISBN-10 1-64428-295-X / 164428295X
ISBN-13 978-1-64428-295-3 / 9781644282953
Zustand Neuware
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