I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project Book

	Introduction
	The Chicken	3
	Rascal	4
	The Yellow Butterfly	6
	Python	7
	Pooh	9
	New York Stray	11
	Pork Chop	12
	B	14
	Two Loves	16
	Rabbit Story	17
	Carolina	19
	Andy and the Snake	21
	Blue Skies	24
	Exposure	25
	Vertigo	27
	Star and Chain	33
	Radio Gypsy	34
	A Bicycle Story	36
	Grandmother's China	39
	The Bass	41
	Mother's Watch	44
	Case Closed	46
	The Photo	47
	MS. Found in an Attic	49
	Tempo Primo	50
	A Lesson Not Learned	52
	A Family Christmas	52
	My Rocking Chair	55
	The Unicycle	57
	Moccasins	59
	The Striped Pen	61
	The Doll	63
	The Videotape	66
	The Purse	68
	A Gift of Gold	70
	Rainout	75
	Isolation	76
	Connections	78
	The Wednesday Before Christmas	80
	How My Father Lost His Job	82
	Danny Kowalski	85
	Revenge	87
	Chris	89
	Put Your Little Foot	92
	Aunt Myrtle	95
	American Odyssey	97
	A Plate of Peas	99
	Wash Guilt	101
	Double Sadness	103
	A Picture of Life	106
	Margie	109
	One Thousand Dollars	111
	Taking Leave	114
	Act of Memory	120
	Bicoastal	125
	A Felt Fedora	126
	Man vs. coat	127
	That's Entertainment	128
	The Cake	129
	Riding With Andy	131
	Sophisticated Lady	132
	My First Day in Priest Clothes	133
	Jewish Cowboy	134
	How to Win Friends and Influence People	135
	Your Father Has the Hay Fever	136
	Lee Ann and Holly Ann	139
	Why I Am Antifur	140
	Airport Story	142
	Tears and Flapdoodle	144
	The Club Car	146
	Bronx Cheer	148
	One Day in Higley	150
	Dancing on Seventy-fourth Street	153
	A Conversation with Bill	154
	Greyhounding	156
	A Little Story about New York	159
	My Mistake	162
	No Forwarding Address	164
	The New Girl	165
	The Iceman of Market Street	168
	Me and the Babe	171
	Lives of the Poets	172
	Land of the Lost	173
	Rainbow	175
	Rescued by God	177
	My Story	179
	Small World	183
	Christmas Morning, 1949	186
	Brooklyn Roberts	188
	$1,380 per Night, Double Occupancy	190
	A Shot in the Light	195
	Snow	202
	The Fastest Man in the Union Army	207
	Christmas, 1862	208
	Mount Grappa	210
	Savenay	212
	Fifty Years Later	213
	He Was the Same Age as My Sister	214
	Betting on Uncle Louie	216
	The Ten-Goal Player	218
	The Last Hand	220
	August 1945	222
	One Autumn Afternoon	224
	I Thought My Father Was God	226
	The Celebration	228
	Christmas, 1945	230
	A Trunk Full of Memories	232
	A Walk in the Sun	235
	A Shot in the Dark	237
	Confessions of a Mouseketeer	239
	Forever	241
	Utah, 1975	243
	What If?	247
	The Mysteries of Tortellini	249
	An Involuntary Assistant	251
	The Plot	253
	Mathematical Aphrodisiac	255
	Table for Two	257
	Suzy's Choosy	259
	Top Button	260
	Lace Gloves	262
	Susan's Greetings	263
	Edith	264
	Souls Fly Away	267
	Awaiting Delivery	269
	The Day Paul and I Flew the Kite	270
	A Lesson in Love	272
	Ballerina	274
	The Fortune Cookie	276
	Ashes	279
	Harrisburg	281
	Something to Think About	283
	Good Night	285
	Charlie the Tree Killer	287
	Dead Man's Bluff	288
	My Best Friend	290
	I Didn't Know	291
	Cardiac Arrests	293
	Grandmother's Funeral	294
	High Street	296
	A Failed Execution	297
	The Ghost	299
	Heart Surgery	301
	The Crying Place	302
	Lee	303
	South Dakota	305
	Connecting with Phil	308
	The Letter	310
	Dress Rehearsal	312
	The Anonymous Deciding Factor	315
	4:05 a.m	319
	In the Middle of the Night	320
	Blood	321
	T321 Interpretation of Dreams	322
	Half-Ball	323
	Friday Night	325
	Farrell	327
	"Jill"	329
	D-day	330
	The Wall	331
	Heaven	333
	My Father's Dream	335
	Parallel Lives	337
	Anna May	340
	Long Time Gone	342
	Sewing Lessons	347
	Sunday Drive	350
	Mayonnaise Sandwiches	354
	Seaside	355
	After a Long Winter	358
	Martini with a Twist	359
	Nowhere	362
	Where in the World Is Era Rose Rodosta?	363
	Peter	365
	Early Arithmetic	368
	Reflections on a Hubcap	371
	Homeless in Prescott	373
	Being There	376
	An Average Sadness	378
	Index of Authors	381