Publisher's Synopsis
"Frye Gaillard did not set out to write this book. One day as he was thumbing through a cardboard box of his essays, columns, and profiles, he simply realized that he had done it. Each article told the story of a woman or man standing against social injustice, or exploring the pain and ambiguity of the human condition. Some of his subjects succeeded in what they were trying to do. Others did not. But each story, Gaillard thought, contained a measure of inspiration. Against the backdrop of our turbulent time - our era of lesser angels on the rise - he decided to celebrate the people who have tried to make things better. Where, he asks, would the rest of us be without them?"--
