Introduction vii
1 The Doll Nobody Wanted
1
2 The Tenth Child
21
3 Love at a Nickel a Dance
29
4 Ruth and Elliot and Matt
43
5 A Working Mother
61
6 Uke-A-Doodles
71
7 Music Makers and Sour Notes
79
8 Gambling Everything on Mickey Mouse
91
9 The Woman and the Doll
103
10 Soaring in the Sixties 119
11 Toys, Money, and Power 135
12 Hot Wheels and Hot Deals 147
13 The Cancer Within 165
14 The Plot Unravels 185
15 Nearly Me 197
16 The Wages or Fraud 213
17 Forced Service 225
18 Ken and a Time or Plague 233
19 Her Way 245
Author's Note 255
Bibliography 258
Acknowledgments 267
Index 269