In a style reminiscent of Frank McCourt, Jean Shepherd, and James Thurber, author James Hutter tells the tale of a brilliant but highly abusive teacher.
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James Hutter is a creative renaissance man, spending over 30 years writing and performing Rock 'n' Roll, music journalism, and now fictional prose.
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Foreword, CHAPTER ONE: Anxiety, CHAPTER TWO: Into the Mystic, CHAPTER THREE: Fifth Grade, CHAPTER FOUR: Background, CHAPTER FIVE: Darkness Revealed, CHAPTER SIX: A New Friend, CHAPTER SEVEN: Good Spirits, CHAPTER EIGHT: A Break, CHAPTER NINE: Winter of Our Discontent, CHAPTER TEN: A Strange Charm, CHAPTER ELEVEN: My Dramatic Debut, CHAPTER TWELVE: Reluctant Babysitter, CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Anxiety Part Two, CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Bicentennial Summer, CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Sixth Grade, CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Wedge Splits Deeper, CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Bullies, CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: A Knowledgeable Voter, CHAPTER NINETEEN: Unwitting Revenge, CHAPTER TWENTY: The Showdown, CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: School W/O School, CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Liberation, CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: The Clown, CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: A Good Soul, CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Poltroons, CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: Boy to Man, CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: The Fair Sex, CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: Mingo, CHAPTER THIRTY: Farewell, Epilogue