David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Boies is someone for whom reading is a
struggle. It seems crazy that he would
even have considered the law. But let’s
not forget that if you are reading this
book, then you are a reader—and that
means you’ve probably never had to
think of all the shortcuts and strategies
and bypasses that exist to get around
reading.
Boies started college at the University
of Redlands, a small private university
an hour east of Los Angeles. Going there
was his first break. Redlands was a
Small Pond. Boies excelled there. He
worked hard and was very well
organized—because he knew he had to
be. Then he got lucky. Redlands required