Table of Contents for Memoir Madness: driven to involuntary commitment (Excerpts, Out takes, Essays, New Text, and Articles)

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I, Driven: memoir of a teen's involuntary commitment

Open Letter to Literary Agents

Summary

Blurb

Synopsis

Notes on Narrative Threads

Research Note

Prologue: Caged

Chapter One: The Crystal Ship

Chapter One: Blue Moons

Chapter Two: Dark Side

Chapter Two: Flying Solo

Chapter Two: Weed and Seeds

Chapter Two: Funny Little Naked Clowns

Chapter Two: Decision Time

Chapter Two: Thirteen Tabs

Chapter Three: Wallich's Music City and Eleanor's Radio

Chapters Four and Six: New Year's Eve, 1968--Fire

Chapter Eight: Rudy

Chapter Ten: Cops

Chapter Eleven: The Luckiest Hand

Chapter Twelve: Downers

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

Chapter Fifty Six: Driven

Chapter Fifty Eight: Driven 2

The Institution

The Institution: The First Five Days

The Other Patients in the Institution: Perky Penny

The Other Patients in the Institution: Carrie the Cutter

The Other Patients in the Institution: Joyce

The Other Patients in the Institution: D.J., The Mighty Sage

The Other Patients in the Institution: Anna on the Lam

The Institution: Proving My Sanity

After Release From the Institution: Denise's Tips

Leaving Sioux City: Dee Dee

Epilogue: A Short History of the Cherokee Mental Health Institute

Flashback Excerpts (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

Out Takes

One: United Airlines Flight #266 (an important fact)

Two: Cherokee, Iowa--Three Challenges in Search of a Triumph (Essay)

Three: Preparations (Essay)

Four: The Politics of Memoir (Appendix A)

What is "Memoir"? (Wikipedia)

Five: The Politics of Paperwork (Appendix B)

Six: Mental Health Records, Patient #29109 (Appendix C)

Seven: The Movement of Time (Appendix D)

Eight: The Manson Family (Appendix E)

Nine: And Be One Reluctant Traveler

Ten: Snippets Here and There

Eleven: More Snippets

Twelve: Six-word Memoir: Cherokee

Thirteen: Six-word Memoir: Escape

Fourteen: Letter from Hollywood to Cynthia

Fifteen: Jane and the York YWCA

New Text

One: Autobiography vs. Memoir

Two: LSD: Effects, Flashbacks, and "Fractal Patterning"

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