Thin Ice

by Van Til, Reinder

• ISBN13: 9780802824783
• ISBN10: 0802824781
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-26
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Preface	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Introduction	p. xvi
Potawatomies on Waterloo Street	p. 1
Aunt Hattie's Story	p. 6
At the Shipyard Forge	p. 12
Sketches for an Autobiography	p. 30
The Cut of My Jib	p. 46
Belly Fulla Straw	p. 59
Boyhood - and Beyond	p. 77
The Times of My Life	p. 89
Growing Up in Old Lithuanian Town	p. 105
Yesterdays in Grand Rapids	p. 119
Technicolor Paddy	p. 136
Grand Raptures	p. 155
Being Rent in Twain	p. 159
Rocky and Me	p. 175
The Memory of Cells	p. 195
Sins and Misdemeanors on the Southeast Side	p. 206
Half a Chance to Prove Myself	p. 225
Opening a Door	p. 242
My Football Career	p. 247
Wilma, Whitey, and the Tackers	p. 256
Mux at Ramona	p. 269
Michigan and Fuller	p. 284
First and Second Childhoods in Grand Rapids	p. 292
Baseball Nut, Altar Boy, Urchin...	p. 300
Even Though I Was Not "Raised Indian"	p. 310
A Farewell to Arms	p. 321
Before That Was There	p. 339
Bissell's Haunt	p. 354
The Good Immigrant Student	p. 372
Permissions	p. 382
Contributors	p. 384
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