Table of Contents

Part 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 1. Poets and Jaguars Chapter 3 2. From the Dog-Eared Pages of History Chapter 4 3. Half-Assed Wags Chapter 5 4. Brahms without His Toga Chapter 6 5. Nellie and I Doing Well Chapter 7 6. Flicking Cigar Ashes Chapter 8 7. A Fog and a Haze of High Spirits Chapter 9 8. Fed Like Elijah Chapter 10 9. The Stuff of Life Chapter 11 10. Djinns of the Arabian Nights Chapter 12 11. Ape Nuts Chapter 13 12. Visions of Christ Chapter 14 13. Jail Bait Chapter 15 14. Nesselrode, Push That Chin Forward Chapter 16 15. The Laughing Pugilist Chapter 17 16. Hollywoodus in Latrina Chapter 18 17. An Indian Has Come to Claim Your Daughter Chapter 19 18. Biblical Loopholes Chapter 20 19. All in the Family Chapter 21 20. Pissed-Off Swans, Montmorency, and an Olinga Chapter 22 21. Bread, a Bed, and Blood Part 23 Appendix A: Farewell Toast to the Bundy Drive Boys Part 24 Appendix B: List of Paintings Contained in the Art Exhibit Flyer for the John Decker Studios Part 25 Bibliography Part 26 Index Part 27 About the Author

About the Author

Stephen C. Jordan has written articles for several publications including the Portland Press Herald and the Sporting News. He is the author of Bohemian Rogue: The Life of Hollywood Artist John Decker (Scarecrow, 2004).

Reviews

Stephen C. Jordan has written a wonderful book...collecting the stories, remembering these long lost days and nights of wine and roses. It is highly recommended.
*National Board Of Review, October 2008*