Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraphs

Part I. Cover Story

At Home in Salem

The Best Way to Come Together

High Over Salem

Getting Whacked

Bewitched

In the Schvitz

Curls, Crowds, and Other Thanksgiving Arrivals

Soup’s On, Pants Off

Part II. Exposé

Man of the Month

The Kicker

New Traditions

In the Running

His Business

What Salem Wants

The Rocky Campaign

Brisket, Herring, and Pinched Cheeks

The Crowd Melts in a Thousand “OY!”s

Out of the Closet

I Can Be the Tomorrow You

Say Uncle

The Nuclear Sleepover

Penny’s Been Thinking, Gretchen’s Been Drinking

What You Cling To

Part III. The Center Folds

The Anticlimax Doesn’t Last Long

Who’s the Stupid Idiot Now?

I Can Handle One More

New Year’s Eve in August

Apologies to the Emotional Barometer

The Smell I’m Tasting

Giving Tongue

Bobbling at the Joints

One Day I Will

Surrender Dorothy

Author’s Note

Acknowledging Memoir, Memory, and the Many Supporters of Man of the Year

About the Author

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