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