| Table of Contents - Stolen Fields
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Photographs
Family Tree
Map of Early Neville Island
Prologue
Chapter 1 I Begin -- Introduces my nuclear family unit
Chapter 2 Early Coles -- Introduces some of my ancestors -- my great-grandparents and my grandparents -- how they got where they were
Chapter 3 Life on Neville Island -- memories of my uncles and my mother, descriptions of what their life was like on the Neville Island farm
Chapter 4 Eminent Domain -- the ax falls, and some skullduggery
Chapter 5 Sandy Lake -- moving on, more memories of the uncles and Mom, the Depression years
Chapter 6 I Remember Sandy Lake and Grandma -- my early memories of the farm in Sandy Lake and the people on it
Chapter 7 Scenes from Childhood -- amusing stuff from when I was a little kid
Chapter 8 Misadventures, Friendships, and Dad -- I was a little older --memories of our times at the Jersey shore, and lots about Ridgewood, New Jersey
Chapter 9 Mom: Daughter of Neville Island -- her attitudes and foibles and how they affected us
Chapter 10 Developing Aspirations -- family relationships and their influence on my future
Chapter 11 Gladys's Story -- Aunt Gladys post-Neville Island, a purposeful life
Chapter 12 Getting Ready for Life -- growing up, and mischief at Allegheny College
Chapter 13 Robert's Story -- the dark chapter
Chapter 14 Starting Careers and Other Calamities -- my early days in New York City and what happened to my acting career
Chapter 15 Ned's Story --"he was cute. Never got over it. He was always cute."
Chapter 16 Finding a Husband -- Olivetti, Germany and Ugo
Chapter 17 Teacher -- becoming a teacher in New York, my first job
Chapter 18 Teaching in the South Bronx -- teaching creatively at St. Adalbert's School, the Camelot years
Chapter 19 Gains and Losses -- things don't always turn out as we plan, life changes direction, but some things are worth it
Chapter 20 Darlene -- a little girl with a dark secret
Chapter 21 Realizations -- things that came out along the way and conclusions
Epilogue -- where we are now
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