People I have loved, known or Admired / by Leo Rosten.

With hard-and supercover

To Helen and George

Cont.: A few to admire -- My father -- Wilbur -- Dear Miss O'Neill -- Groucho -- The sorcerer of vision -- Winston -- My night at the opera -- Potch -- An infuriating man -- Coby -- A handful of heroes -- Dr. Freud -- A troubling tale of good and evil -- Father Divine -- A strange and special beauty -- Touch me, feel me, grunt, growl, purr -- Poor Hammerhead -- Mr. Washington -- Arcturus, we greet thee! -- A cheer for great men -- My friend Montaigne -- A Seminole with a hole in his head -- The incredible professor -- Dime-a-dance -- Leonardo -- How! Ia it already o"clock? -- The indubitable Laibowitz -- The murder of a nit-picker -- Romance in Vienna -- A temple to Eros -- Mr. Parkhill and Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N -- The mocking monk -- Peggy Dobell gets a job -- Michio and the fierce American conqueror -- Front men for God -- A modest man named Smith.