PREFACE A CHRISTMAS IN ROME BOOK TOUR THE LAST GREAT WEEPER BIRTHPLACE JAMES DEAN, STILL HERE THE GHOST-WRITER IN THE CELLAR ORAL HISTORY A HOLE IN THE EARTH TEACHERS WHEELCHAIR TRAVEL A SHALLOW PAST EYE LEVEL TO A WHEELCHAIR PRIVATE WORSHIP GONE WITH THE WIND AND ITS SCARLETT NATIVE ORPHANS MY TOLERANCE PROBLEM A SINGLE DEATH AMONG MANY THE MAD INVENTOR SUMMER VACATION A FULL DAY LUCKY CATCHES CASTING BREAD MRI TIME TIME-RIDDEN FATHER AND HISTORY THE LUCKY CHILD'S CHRISTMAS SUMMER ON THE DEEP A STANDING READER A GALLOP DOWN THE HOMESTRETCH PORTABLE MUSIC A MOTTO THE GAZELLE OF ISRAEL THE MEMORY DRENCH: WORLD WAR II* FORTY AND COUNTING CROSSING GENDERS BEING REVIEWED ENGLAND IN THE FIFTIES THE STAGE, YEARS AGO* ON THE STONE MY GHOST STORIES THE OLD MAN IN HERE WITH ME DOLLS IN A MAN'S LIFE THE GREAT IMAGINATION HEIST JOKE-TELLING LESSONS WHAT MY PARENTS DIDN'T TELL ME THE COMMONEST DEMON WITH IDA A PERFECT DINNER KEEPING AN EYE OUT THE SINGLE CORPS ELOQUENT LETTERS A PREMATURE FAREWELL

Chapter One

A Christmas in Rome

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