List of illustrations -- Foreword by Barry Morrow -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Growing up scared -- 2. The bad times -- 3. A change of luck -- 4. The good times -- 5. The birth of Bill's coffeeshop -- 6. Life is for the birds -- 7. Every buddy's Bill -- 8. Activities of daily loving -- 9. Coming of age -- 10. Fame finds Bill -- 11. The man who would be Santa -- 12. In the shadow of an oak tree -- 13. Bill's legacy -- Appendix: The accomplishments of an unlikely celebrity, Bill Sackter
