As a teenager, Donald Bailey leaves behind his home in California and sets out to make his mark on the world. Forty years later, during her father's final moments of his battle with cancer, Elizabeth Bailey recalls pivotal moments in her father's life. From his childhood spent in an orphanage to his growth into a hardworking man, loving husband, and dedicated father of seven children. A series of tender snapshots growing up in the Bailey household, The Measure of a Man captures the importance of leaving a legacy of love and faith and shows that in the quest to create a good life for others, one can craft a legacy that lasts infinitely longer than a lifetime.
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