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| The Boat in the Coach House in which I sink as far as possible | |
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| The Tin Canoe of World War Two in which I begin a lifetime of building eyeball designed boats | |
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| The Reynolds in which I learn the true meaning of life ... when I am young enough to make some good use of the knowledge | |
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| The Reynolds Crew Discovers St. George Island and saves the day with a brave rescue | |
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| Another Reynolds Rescue in which I escape formal education but become educated nevertheless | |
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| A Few Recipes of the Reynolds Crew in which I begin a lifetime as a gourmet | |
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| Sailfish in which someone else learns a lesson ... well, almost | |
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| Storm Boat Motor in which, due to the onset of puberty, I foolishly expand my compulsion to include machinery | |
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| How I Became a Boatbuilder in which I take a wife, turn professional, and learn a lot all at the same time | |
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| Terrible Torque and the Floorboard Man in which there is a terrible tragedy, so you might want to skip this one | |
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| Monkey Island in which I leave my young bride for ... monkeys | |
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| Seagull in which I learn not to be so gullible | |
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| Prams in which I become a successful, professional boatbuilder first shot out of the box | |
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| Pleistocene Creek in which I almost give it all up and quit the boatbuilding business for good | |
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| Sheephead Head Soup in which there are the natural histories of two fish and a worm and ... yet another recipe | |
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| Sea Turtle in which I learn my lesson about being so presumptuous ... well, almost | |
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| Cobio in which I save my children from starvation but almost freeze to death in the process | |
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| The Giant Catfish of Mobile in which I meet an astonishing transvestite ... and cook breakfast | |
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| King Tut in which I prove the disclaimer that none of these stories could possibly be true | |
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| The Slave's Recipe in which I do a little more tugging, get involved in a criminal conspiracy, and get locked up for murder ... and learn a new recipe ... and satisfy a lifelong curiosity ... a long story | |
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| Islands in which I reveal yet another obsession | |
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| The Canned Ham Incident in which I do not participate, so Hurrah for the other side | |
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| Dead Man's Boat in which I reveal two morals | |
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| The Old J 80 Johnson in which I help a man recover his long-lost self-esteem | |
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| The Sailing, Commercial Fishing Felucca "Bullet" # 9999 in which there is a poem | |
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| The Caribs and the Arawaks in which I figure out economics, but too late to participate in any of it | |
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| An Analog Mind Stuck in a Digital World in which I finally, in the twilight of my life, figure out what the hell is wrong with me and effect a complete cure | |
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| Cooking Up Opinions in which I finally set aside my peculiar ways and start acting like all the other old men in the world | |
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| Acknowledgments | |