TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Page Translator/Editor's Note Excerpts Chapter I I WAS REALLY LUCKY 1 Chapter II CHILDHOOD 15 Chapter III SCHOOL DAYS 27 Chapter IV VACATIONS IN DOUVRES 45 Chapter V THE OCCUPATION 61 Chapter VI THE LANDING 75 Chapter VII HYPNOSIS, MAGIC, MYSTERY 95 Chapter VIII APRIL FOOLS' JOKES 115 Chapter IX CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 121 Chapter X THE HAPPY LANDLORD 139 Chapter XI ADVENTURES WITH ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 151 Chapter XII FRIENDS IN THE WEST INDIES 177 Chapter XIII TRAVELS TO ITALY Part 1...185 Part 2...201 Chapter XIV WORKING ON THE RAILROAD 217 Chapter XV MY OWN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 249 Appendix: THREE SHORT STORIES 269 References 287 Index 291 Charts & Maps p. 44: Grade Equivalencies p. 69: Occupied France, 1942 p. 98: French & U.S.A. Curricula compared p. 176: Guadeloupe p. 209: Major Volcanoes of Italy Photographs p. 3: Armand, age 5 p. 18: Family portrait p. 26: « Alcide », the schoolmaster p. 47: Fishing in the English Channel p. 72: Armand, age 14, Nov. 1942 p. 78: Omaha Beach today, with the English Channel at low tide p. 80: Château de Villeray p. 88: Château du Jardin de Giel p. 135: La villa des Sorbiers p. 158: Pickup and delivery for the Food Bank p. 200: Vulcano in Sicily (Italy)