The organ thieves: the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South

Part one. Roots. Case of the missing heart ; The resurrectionists ; The anatomy men ; "The limbo of the unclaimed"

Part two. The race. Breaking the heart barrier ; Heart on ice ; Restless genius ; The glass jar ; Foreign exchange ; Finish line

Part three. Reckoning. The fall ; His brother's heart ; The scream ; "Facts and circumstances"

Part four. Troubles, trials, and tribulations. Rejection ; The making of a medical celebrity ; The defender ; Relative death ; Time of trial ; Friends in high places ; Shaping of a verdict ; The unresolved case of Bruce Tucker ; Down in the well

Epilogue. The soul of medicine

Afterword. Unhealed history.