| A Note from the Author |
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| Prologue A Swingin' Teenager |
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1 | (6) |
| Chapter One Three Wishes |
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7 | (16) |
| Chapter Two My Golden Childhood |
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23 | (24) |
| Chapter Three Girls, Guitars, and Glory |
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47 | (21) |
| Chapter Four The Ugliest Kid in the World |
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68 | (15) |
| Chapter Five Not Your Regulation HO Tour |
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83 | (15) |
| Chapter Six Back Through the Looking Glass |
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98 | (13) |
| Chapter Seven Fame and Famine |
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111 | (11) |
| Chapter Eight Illegal (Hollywood Sex-Rat) Alien |
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122 | (17) |
| Chapter Nine America on $180 a Month |
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139 | (14) |
| Chapter Ten The Americanization of Ricky |
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153 | (11) |
| Chapter Eleven So Long, Chickens; Thanks for the Eggs |
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164 | (9) |
| Chapter Twelve What's the Point of Being a Doctor if Everybody Dies? |
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173 | (9) |
| Chapter Thirteen We Have Ignition |
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182 | (14) |
| Chapter Fourteen Sex, More Sex, and Rock and Roll (No Real Drugs to Speak Of) |
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196 | (16) |
| Chapter Fifteen My Depression |
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212 | (19) |
| Chapter Sixteen Of Hawks and the Island of the Long White Cloud |
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231 | (11) |
| Chapter Seventeen A Better Destination |
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242 | (11) |
| Chapter Eighteen How Bad Could It Be? Pretty Fucking Bad, Actually |
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253 | (9) |
| Chapter Nineteen Darkness at Noon |
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262 | (13) |
| Chapter Twenty Healing to Do |
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275 | (17) |
| Chapter Twenty-One Big Boys Do Cry |
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292 | (9) |
| Chapter Twenty-Two Where It All Began |
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301 | (9) |
| Chapter Twenty-Three In Overdrive |
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310 | (11) |
| Acknowledgments |
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