Part I. Fathers and angels -- Is daddy coming with us? -- In search of home -- Foreign ground -- Part II. Choices and second chances -- Marking territory -- Lost -- Hunted -- Part III. Paths taken and expectations fulfilled -- The land that God forgot -- Surrounded -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- A call to action / Tavis Smiley -- Resource guide -- Acknowledgments -- A Reader's guide

Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation