Contents
Introduction
Lonely Missionary
Nobody’s Pet
A Second Chance in the Sun
A Tidy Life
Everyone’s Best Friend
A Foot, but Not Bigfoot
Violinist of the Night Shift
The Chimney Skeleton
Pioneering Policewoman
Rare Defender of the Middle Ground
Cat vs. Mole, Continued
Digging Up Graveside Traditions
Hats Off to Kindness
Outliving the Obit
Beyond First Impressions
The Storytelling Cobbler
Madison’s Fallen Angel
More than an Organ Donor
The Cat That Came Back
Footnotes on a Local Legend
Memories of a Stonecutter
In Search of the Simple Life
Till Death Did They Part
Rolling through Life
Traveling Yesterday’s Back Roads
Radio Villain
A Stranger Far from Home
Pennies from Heaven
The Girl Who Survived
By the Way, You’re Dead
Prolific Letter Writer
The Lenient Police Chief
Busy till the End
Casualty of War
Heiress of the Big Top
Almost Famous
Pagan Suicide
Cook’s Bewildering Death
Mrs. Achenbach’s Arachnid
The Hand Balancer
Knockout Punch
Farmers’ Market Perennial
Life after War
Misplaced Faith
On the Cutting Edge
Survivor of War, Parenthood
For This Hamlet, It’s Not to Be
His Days Were Numbered
Rambling Man
Beloved Rural Doctor
Familiar Face in Court
Circus Owner and More
Holocaust Survivor
Squash Man
D-Day Survivor
A Pioneer of Affordable Legal Help
Great Ape
Groundbreaking Immunogeneticist
Helped but Not Saved
One of the Greatest Generation
One Half of a Donkey Duo
Final Dispatch
The Mayor of the Mazomanie Nude Beach
Life after Presumed Death
Revered and Feared Math Teacher
Norwegian Myth Buster
Acknowledgments
Index