Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-523) and index
Prologue -- The Early Years -- Kean Comes of Age -- In the Service of His Father -- Kean Finds His Calling -- The Precocious Freshman -- The Institutional Reformer -- In the Minority But Not in the Wilderness -- The Making of the Governor, 1981 -- A Truncated Transition -- Kean Settles In -- Building New Jersey Pride -- The Education Governor -- Kean and the Arts -- Kean the Environmentalist -- The Politics of Inclusion -- The Administrator -- The Reelection of the Governor, 1985 -- The Storm over the Wilentz Case -- Kean Reforms Welfare -- The Man with the Message -- Citizen Kean -- Chairing the 9-11Commission -- Epilogue