A deeply personal and candid remembrance of the late Senator John McCain from one of his closest and most trusted confidants, friends, and political advisors. Salter cowrote seven books with John McCain, and acted as a valued confidant. Now Salter draws on the storied facets of McCain's early biography as well as the later-in-life political philosophy for which the nation knew and loved him, delivering an intimate and comprehensive account of McCain's life and philosophy. In introducing aspects of the man that the public rarely saw and hardly knew, McCain emerges as both the man we knew him to be and also someone entirely new. Glimpses of his restlessness, his curiosity, his courage, and sentimentality are rendered with sensitivity and care. -- adapted from jacket

Reminiscences -- Prologue -- On the run -- Code of conduct -- Questions of honor (part one) -- Questions of honor (part two) -- Recovery -- Straight talk express -- Maverick -- War -- Front-runner -- Nominee -- The senior senator -- Mr. Chairman -- The luckiest man -- Epilogue.