Ch.1 Staking the claim /Joseph C. Keating, Jr. ; Before chiropractic ; A new profession ; the Chiro Wars commence ; A new chiropractic theory ; Seeking shelter ; Crises in Davenport.
Ch.2 Outlaw doctors / Joseph C. Keating, Jr./ ; Protection from the law ; Early protective societies ; A deciding moment ; The chill of the law ; Early defenders of chiropractic ; Eighty years of "crime"
Ch.3 Making it legal /Joseph C. Keating, Jr. ; Sudden victory ; From ambivalence to autocracy ; Of housecleaning ; Model bills & National boards ; The end of the beginning.
Ch.4 Organizing the regulators / Joseph C. Keating, Jr. ; A new battlefield ; Baisc science ; Born in crisis : the ICCEB ; Evolution of the congress ; The Unity Movement.
Ch.5 From congress to council / Joseph C. Keating, Jr. ; Toward a new majority ; The second National Board of Chiropractic Examiners ; The great Denver Convention ; Independence of the regulators.
Ch.6 A long winding road / Joseph C. Keating, Jr. ; The impetus ; The mission ; False starts ; Internal struggle ; A gathering storm ; The storm breaks ; The new coalition ; The opposition ; Full speed ahead.
Ch. 7 Nugent, the school wars & the law / Joseph C. Keating, Jr. ; Of generals & Frankensteins & anti-Christs ; Consolidations, closures & reforms ; Evolving legal standards ; The Third National Board.
Ch. 8 Hurly burly days / Joseph C. Keating, Jr. ; Stuggles inside & out ; Louisiana miseries ; International activity ; Basic science revisited ; COSCEB & the school wars ; Seeking common ground ; COSCEB meets, 1958 ; Continuing conflicts.