Excerpts – Memoir Madness: Driven to Involuntary Commitment
Before the Institution
Chapter Two: Funny Little Naked Clowns
Chapter Three: Wallichs Music City and Eleanor’s Radio
Chapters
Four and Six: New Year’s Eve, 1968 – Fire
Chapter Eleven: The Luckiest Hand
Chapter Twenty Three: Sioux City Blues
Chapter Twenty Four: ...“While I Kiss the Sky”
Chapter Twenty six: The Miracle of Google
Chapter Thirty: There Must be Some Way Outta Here
Chapter
Thirty Eight: What to Do With My Life?
Chapter Forty One: My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Tyranny
Chapter Fifty One: Nabbed at the Bus Station
Chapter Fifty Three: “Let’s See What the Police Have to Say”
Chapter Fifty Four: A Possible Scenario at the Police Station
The Institution
The Other Patients: Perky Penny
The Other Patients: Carrie the Cutter
The Other Patients: D.J., The Mighty Sage
The Other Patients: Anna on the Lam
After the Institution
Epilogue: A Short History of the Cherokee Mental Health Institute
Flashbacks (Fall 1968)
October 1968: Rev. Arthur Blessitt and His Place
October 12, 1968: A Mother’s Warning
October 12, 1968: The Birthday Party
October 1968: Wild Man Fischer’s Merry-go-round
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