Book Review – “A Fighting Life” A moving tribute to the extraordinary life of a man who is best defined through a lifetime of service to the cause of equality, Jim Kershner’s book “A Fighting Life” details the humble beginning of twice-orphaned Carl Maxey. Carl Maxey’s life was deeply influenced by the abrupt end of his placement at the Spokane Children’s Home at the age of twelve.  After spending his formative years as “a charge of the County,” Carl would learn that he and another young boy were evicted by the unanimous vote of the “good ladies of society” who