
Part 27: When Harry Met Riley
Leslie repeated a story her mother told, that Harry Belafonte had come to their apartment for dinner, and sang to her when she was a baby.

Part 26: "Here Comes Peter Cottontail."
Why did my father work so hard to get respect, fair treatment, and equal pay for hillbilly performers, only to squander his own money?

Part 25: A Bet on President Truman and A Bill Paid. Or maybe a bill was paid.
Richard told me that the night of his birth at the Doctor’s Hospital in Manhattan, Riley had made a bet that Truman would win the Presidency

Part 24: Living the Life of Riley
Victor Shepard had stories to tell. He loved to gossip. "Your father was the horniest man I've ever met," Victor said.

Part 23: Fact Checking, & Lying Liars, & The Lies They Tell, & Why They Lie
Here's what I grapple with. Did my father believe his lies sometimes, or lie so often that he became confused about reality?