Reflections | p. xi |
Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
The Early Years | p. 1 |
Thunder and Lightening | p. 3 |
Neighbors | p. 5 |
Delivery Men | p. 9 |
What's a Tampon? | p. 13 |
Loosen Up, Irene | p. 15 |
The Cops | p. 17 |
A Most Unpleasant Time | p. 19 |
The Budding Businessman | p. 21 |
Tastes Just Like Chicken! | p. 23 |
V-2 | p. 25 |
The Temporary Permanent | p. 27 |
The Gravel Pile | p. 29 |
Burning Rivers and Dying Lakes | p. 31 |
My War Effort | p. 33 |
The Flute Man | p. 35 |
My Sister's Girdle | p. 37 |
Minnesota | p. 41 |
The Reunion | p. 43 |
The Farm | p. 47 |
Mentor Consolidated School | p. 51 |
Fall/Winter, '46--'47 | p. 55 |
Never Ride The Lead Toboggan | p. 69 |
The Stone Boat Saga | p. 71 |
The Haunting | p. 73 |
White Bull Calf | p. 77 |
Stupid Old Cow aka Stupid Young Boy | p. 79 |
Shifting Gears at 50 Below Zero | p. 81 |
Never Store Fish In Your Uncle's Flooded Basement | p. 83 |
Fall/Winter, '47--'48 | p. 87 |
Mentor Notables | p. 93 |
Gray Milk | p. 99 |
Chickens | p. 103 |
Rabbits | p. 107 |
Uncle George's Bull Calf | p. 111 |
Detroit | p. 115 |
Back to Detroit | p. 117 |
The Paper Boy | p. 125 |
Southwestern High School | p. 143 |
Block Busting | p. 155 |
Ford Boulevard | p. 159 |
Lincoln Park High School | p. 165 |
The Jumper | p. 169 |
Bwana Devil | p. 177 |
Death Rides the Non-Skeds | p. 181 |
A Sanitation System (And Beat It If You Can) | p. 189 |
Lake of the Woods | p. 197 |
Mizpaw | p. 203 |
Battle Creek | p. 213 |
Junk Jobs--1953/1954 | p. 219 |
Uncle Sam Eve | p. 229 |
The U. S Army | p. 233 |
Hi, There, Uncle Sam | p. 235 |
Over the Hill | p. 239 |
It's Almost Over | p. 245 |
Fort Lee, Virginia | p. 249 |
Japan Ordnance Command | p. 255 |
Al | p. 263 |
Retraining Sgt. Skaggs | p. 269 |
The Black Market | p. 273 |
Soldier of the Month? | p. 277 |
Command Inspection | p. 281 |
Say What? | p. 285 |
The Other Japan | p. 289 |
Heavy-duty Crowds | p. 293 |
The USNS E. D. Patrick | p. 299 |
Academia | p. 305 |
Wayne State University | p. 307 |
The Carpenter | p. 311 |
Back to School | p. 313 |
A Way Out | p. 321 |
The Repo Man | p. 325 |
The University of Oregon | p. 329 |
Arlene | p. 335 |
Cross Country--One More Time | p. 341 |
Snow?--What Snow? | p. 347 |
Tiem to Get Serious | p. 353 |
The Fish Story | p. 357 |
The Little House | p. 363 |
The Last Lap | p. 367 |
Medford | p. 373 |
Disillusionment | p. 379 |
A Fresh Start | p. 383 |
Everett Junior College | p. 389 |
Pluses and Minuses | p. 395 |
My Real World | p. 401 |
Preparing to Die | p. 403 |
Surprise! | p. 413 |
Epilogue | p. 421 |
A Likely Story | p. 423 |
About the Author | p. 425 |
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