Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-406) and index.

Campaign mode -- Paterfamilias -- Striver -- Daring to discipline -- Packing the house -- The velvet microphone -- Deal with a devil -- A born entrepreneur -- Colorado, here we come! -- Hot pending -- The political animal -- Bringing the hammer -- Stress fractures -- The Dobson difference -- Transformed lives -- Friends of Jim -- A silver thread -- Inside the fishbowl -- Black and white and red and blue -- A crucible and a gauntlet -- A week in the life -- Maybe Bruce was right -- The third way -- No small feat -- Slouching toward Gomorrah -- Montgomery and beyond -- Righteous revolution.

Presents a comprehensive biography of "Focus on the Family" founder, Dr. James Dobson, and chronicles his childhood, early career in psychology, and the evolution of his world-wide ministry that focuses on family values.