Contents

Introduction

My Father the All-Star

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My Father the Bad Motherf*cker

Samuel L. Jackson

My Father the Beatle

John Lennon

My Father the Captain

Peter Willcox

My Father the Cartoonist

Garry Trudeau

My Father the Chef

Jacques Pépin

My Father the Clown

Glen “Frosty” Little

My Father the Cover Artist

Craig Braun

My Father the Cult Leader

Saul B. Newton

My Father the Daredevil

Evel Knievel

My Father the Decathlete

Caitlyn Jenner

My Father the Dragon

Bruce Lee

My Father the Drug Lord

Pablo Escobar

My Father the Dude

Jeff Bridges

My Father the Duke

John Wayne

My Father the Dungeon Master

Gary Gygax

My Father the Executioner

Donald A. Cabana

My Father the Farmer

Wendell Berry

My Father the Father

Thomas S. Sullivan

My Father the Hero

Walter Ehlers

My Father the Hostage

Terry Anderson

My Father the Hostage Negotiator

Jack Cambria

My Father the Inventor

Ray Kurzweil

My Father the King of Cool

Miles Davis

My Father the Mentalist

Uri Geller

My Father the Miracle Worker

Herb Brooks

My Father the Murderer

George Hodel

My Father the Novelist

Kurt Vonnegut

My Father the Organizer

Cesar Chavez

My Father the Physicist

Michio Kaku

My Father the Pitcher

Nolan Ryan

My Father the Preacher

Ted Haggard

My Father the Scientist

Jonas Salk

My Father the Spy

Paul Dillon

My Father the Stargazer

Carl Sagan

My Father the Strongman

Jack LaLanne

My Father the Superman

Christopher Reeve

My Father the Visionary

Eero Saarinen

My Father the Voice

Jim Cummings

My Father the Vulcan

Leonard Nimoy

Acknowledgments