My late manuscript during the summer of 2014 made it virtually impossible for me to gather blurbs for the back cover. So I suggested that we take a unique approach for the unconventional book, and print some of Bill's catchy maxims instead. Crown approved the idea, which expanded on our brainchild to highlight each one that appeared in the the manuscript. But Bill was picky about which Parcellsisms made the back cover, and understandably demanded preciseness. For example, he took umbrage about how I had intended to phrase one maxim popular among his NFL acolytes:You judge a trapper by the number of pelts he carries. "That's wrong," Bill said. "You judge a trapper by his furs." I countered that I had quoted two of his disciples, and corroborated the line via a newspaper article: "How about I go with, 'You judge a trapper by the number of furs he carries.'" Bill snapped, "No. That's screwing up the quote. You judge a trapper by his furs. It's a given that he's carrying them!" How could I...
