Table of Contents
1 Every Parent's Worst Nightmare 1
2 From Dropout to Executive 6
3 An Incipient Bear Cub 17
4 Names 23
5 Hatching Time 26
6 A Proud, Scared Dad 31
7 The King of Everything 36
8 Two-Wheel Drive 42
9 Tell Me What You Want 47
10 The Aerial Child 52
11 Monsters 55
12 Child Support 58
13 The Best Kid in the Store 61
14 Wondrous Dada 68
15 Tuck-in Time 73
16 Role Models 81
17 Elves 87
18 The Oxbow Incident 94
19 The Old Boy 100
20 The Power of Wizards 106
21 Becoming Owners 111
22 Cubby Versus the School 119
23 Reading 129
24 An Official Geek 133
25 Divorce 139
26 Dreaming Cubby 144
27 Child Protection 149
28 Bulldozing Off 152
29 The Strolling of the Heifers 156
30 From Stockholder to Chairman 161
31 Gymnastics 165
32 Geologists 170
33 Learning to Drive 176
34 Power Generation 183
35 Boom! 191
36 Amherst 198
37 Pine Demons 208
38 A New Nest 214
39 In the High School Groove 219
40 A Different Animal 226
41 Nicole 231
42 Declaration of Independence 239
43 Blowing Up 246
44 A Visit from the ATF 256
45 The Raid Begins 268
46 The Locus of the Investigation 273
47 The Circus Must Go On 283
48 The DA 292
49 Arraignment 301
50 Asperger's and Cubby 304
51 In Limbo 308
52 The Trial Begins 313
53 The Crime of Inquisitiveness 320
54 Defending Cubby 329
55 The Verdict 339
Epilogue 342
Author's Note 355
Acknowledgments 357
Closing the Circle 361