Uncle Arthur’s Tree

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Heading for the Mountains 1
5. Moving on from Stoney Lonesome 4
6. Nellie and My Birthday Cake 9
7. The Peeking Game 15
8. Suppertime 19
9. For a Little While, My Friend 22
10. Uncle Arthur’s Tree 26
11. Outside 29
12. Bigness 30
13. Voodooing Carly 33
14. O’Prince, Grandpa and Me 36
15. Rhode Island Reds 41
16. My Miracle 43
17. The Blind Man 47
18. Christmas Came Early 49
19. Keeping Christmas 53
20. The Day I Had Charge 57
21. Making the Run 61
22. Never Let the Left Hand Know 65
23. Sauce on the Ceiling 69
24. My First Symphony 71
25. Old Beets 74
26. Ernest 78
27. Little Coat 81
28. About My Very Own Dog 84
29. Cousin Henry and Strawberries 88
30. Junior, Little Boy Lost 92
31. At Last We Got a Car 96
32. Rock of Ages 100
33. With Love to Our Catholics 104
34. No More Make-Believe, Virginia 106
35. The Bums 108
36. The Stones 112
37. On Swimming Holes and Pigs 116
38. Gypsies and Good Luck 120
39. The Fourth of July 124
40. And So We Had Milk 127
41. Candy Bar 130
42. Down in the Narrow 134
43. I Am a Lily, Easter 1934 137
44. Lake George Vacation 141
45. The Wedding Reception 145
46. Elmer Clanged 148
47. Afternoon at the Carnival 151
48. Circus Time 156
49. Great-grandpa Hall 160
50. Pros and Cons of Red Twine 163
51. Politics, Country Style 164
52. Typical Late Summer Morning 168
53. Reflections 171
54. Oh My God, Bedbugs 175
55. Just Another Day at School, or the Joys of Teaching 178
56. Just Another Day at School, or the Joys of Teaching 182
57. Old Alice, or My First Halloween 185
58. Did We or Didn’t We? 189
59. The Summer Picnic 192
60. I’ll Always Owe Beatty One 197
61. Charlie Fox 201
62. Fertility 205
63. Special Friend 209
64. Special Friend 212
65. To Get a Better Place 216
66. All About Eggs 219
67. Solving Problems 223
68. Kayo, Free Spirit 226
69. Rolland Rivers’ Rope 230
70. Silence 234
71. Up in the Overshot 236
72. In Every Garden There’s a Serpent 241
73. Playing With Fire 244
74. My One and Only 248
75. Henry Galusha’s Bananas 251
76. Our Maine Adventure 1937 253
77. Learning About Sex and Musterole 262
78. Davey vs. Old Faithful 266
79. Crown Point Bay 269
80. Kitchen Hops, “Staying Good,” and Swearing Off Men 271
81. Finally Getting To Be Thirteen 276
82. Courtship 281
83. There’s Always One 284
84. Jencie and the Best Day Ever 286
85. Not to Worry 291
86. To My Beloved Teacher, Mrs. Connors 294
87. Carrie’s Wintergreen Patch 298
88. Crystal Summer 301
89. Indoor Toilets vs. False Teeth 308
90. Who Lived Where in Chilson—1930s 311
91. Fires I Have Known 314
92. How I Happened 316
93. How I Happened 319
94. Special Pal 321
95. Songs 325
96. Epilogue 328