Table of Contents
Introduction 6
My Father the All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8
My Father the Bad Motherf*cker Samuel L. Jackson 13
My Father the Beatle John Lennon 17
My Father the Captain Peter Willcox 22
My Father the Cartoonist Garry Trudeau 27
My Father the Chef Jacques Pépin 34
My Father the Clown Glen "Frosty" Little 38
My Father the Cover Artist Craig Braun 43
My Father the Cult Leader Saul B. Newton 48
My Father the Daredevil Evel Knievel 53
My Father the Decathlete Caitlyn Jenner 57
My Father the Dragon Bruce Lee 62
My Father the Drug Lord Pablo Escobar 67
My Father the Dude Jeff Bridges 71
My Father the Duke John Wayne 75
My Father the Dungeon Master Gary Gygax 79
My Father the Executioner Donald A. Cabana 85
My Father the Farmer Wendell Berry 90
My Father the Father Thomas S. Sullivan 94
My Father the Hero Walter Ehlers 100
My Father the Hostage Terry Anderson 105
My Father the Hostage Negotiator Jack Cambria 110
My Father the Inventor Ray Kurzweil 114
My Father the King of Cool Miles Davis 119
My Father Thementalist Uri Geller 123
My Father the Miracle Worker Herb Brooks 128
My Father the Murderer George Hodel 132
My Father the Novelist Kurt Vonnegut 138
My Father the Organizer Cesar Chavez 143
My Father the Physicist Michio Kaku 149
My Father the Pitcher Nolan Ryan 153
My Father the Preacher Ted Haggard 158
My Father the Scientist Jonas Salk 163
My Father the Spy Paul Dillon 168
My Father the Stargazer Carl Sagan 174
My Father the Strongman Jack LaLanne 179
My Father the Superman Christopher Reeve 183
My Father the Visionary Eero Saarinen 189
My Father the Voice Jim Cummings 195
My Father the Vulcan Leonard Nimoy 200
Acknowledgments 206
