I Am My Father’s Son
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For the sake of compression, some of the characters that appear in the book are composites of people the author has known, and some events appear out of precise chronology. In addition, the names of many figures, and in some cases details about them, have been changed.
Lyrics to “McCarthy’s Day” are reprinted courtesy of McCauley Music.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Hill, Dan
I am my father’s son : a memoir of love and forgiveness / Dan Hill.
ISBN 978-1-55468-191-4
1. Hill, Dan. 2. Singers—Canada—Biography. 3. Fathers and sons—
Canada—Biography. I. Title.
ML420.H645A3 2009 782.42164092 C2009-905780-8
RRD 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1