I Didn't Ask to Be Born
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Contents
Welcome
Dedication and Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
Me and Marcia: You Bet Your Life
Bernadette
Message to the Groom
The Morphamization of Peanut Armhouse
The Missing Pages
Voice Mail
If Only Native Americans Knew Then What They Know Now
If You’re Not in the Picture
Erectile Dysfunction
Too Late For Me But Perhaps Not for You
Children Aren’t Your Friends
My Own Room
My Single Daughter
My Son’s First Bad Word
Raise Your Tail!
Cabbage Patch
They Should Do This Every Three Months
The Last Word
Newsletters
Copyright
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by William H. Cosby, Jr.
Illustrations copyright © 2011 by George Booth
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Page 114—American historian Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922–January 27, 2010) was a Professor of Political Science at Boston University for over 20 years and a noted author and intellectual.
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