The book describes his Uncle Teddy's heroic efforts to keep a passel of fatherless teenage boys in line and to help them as much as he could.

Uncle Teddy, still in prison, receives numerous letters from a woman named Ellie, who is proud of the action he took upon Connor's killer.

William Kennedy Smith, their cousin, went out on the town with Uncle Teddy, brought home a woman, and ended up being tried unsuccessfully for rape.

John was at the controls when his vehicle crashed--just like Cousin Joe and Uncle Teddy.

It is with deepest sorrow that we mourn the loss of our beloved Uncle Teddy.

I promised Uncle Teddy that you shouldn't see it till it was all in apple-pie order.

So Uncle Teddy and I privately made our kites, and stole away to fly them.

"Uncle Teddy tells stories 'most as well as Grandpa," said Demi, approvingly, when the tale was done, and the boys' eyes asked for more.

Go and get your violin, and play me the sweet little airs Uncle Teddy sent you last.

Tommy won in the spelling match, and Demi read a little French fable so well that Uncle Teddy was charmed.