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ix Contents Foreword Scot Brown xi Prologue xvii Acknowledgments xxi Brown and Childress Family Trees xxv 1 A Policeman Comes A-Knockin’ 1 2 Herbert Andrew Childress 26 3 Annie Dublin Nero and Martha Nero Brown 38 4 Thomasina Brown 54 5 Maxine 70 6 Becoming Aware of Things, Part I 87 7 Silent Herbert 95 On the Beat of Truth x 8 Becoming Aware of Things, Part II 113 9 Social Club and Church 126 10 Summer with Grandma 141 11 From Chocolates to Fresh Goat and Pig Meat 157 12 Crossword Pruzzles and Pearl Bailey 167 13 The Bench 180 14 Becoming Aware of Things, Part III 188 15 The Notebook 197 16 From Happiness to Misery 209 17 Asbury Park 222 18 When Tempers Flare 240 19 Theodore Beamon 253 20 Let It Go 271 Epilogue 280 ...

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