With a reporter's keen eye for detail, award-winning journalist Zelnick conveys every emotion of the key players in this battle, presenting a rich, colorful tale that reads more like a fictional political thriller than the bizarre real-life drama It was—from election night through the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision.

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• Acknowledgments (0817928820_vii.pdf ~29 KB)
• Chapter 1: Drawing the Battle Lines (0817928820_1.pdf ~83 KB)
• Chapter 2: Defining the Issues (0817928820_21.pdf ~85 KB)
• Chapter 3: Rewriting the Law (0817928820_41.pdf ~65 KB)
• Chapter 4: Fighting the Ground War (0817928820_55.pdf ~103 KB)
• Chapter 5: Vacating the Florida Court (0817928820_81.pdf ~58 KB)
• Chapter 6: Surviving a Scare (0817928820_93.pdf ~52 KB)
• Chapter 7: Fighting the Contest (0817928820_103.pdf ~82 KB)
• Chapter 8: Losing in the State Court (0817928820_123.pdf ~81 KB)
• Chapter 9: Shutting the Door (0817928820_143.pdf ~88 KB)
• Index (0817928820_175.pdf ~53 KB)