1938: Ghosts That I have Known : Old Tiger Publishing : 9781734055375 : 1734055375 : 13 Dec 2021 : Sitting in our lazy-boy chair, no further than ten feet from me in his signature black and tan checkered Pendleton shirt with the worn-out breast pocket from carrying sharpened pencils there, his well-worn denim jeans with wide leather belt and lace- up Canadian ankle-high leather boots with glove leather linings, my Dad looked as happy, healthy and substantial as I remembered him from his salad days. In his usual calm, clear voice, he told me that my0 family's career and financial difficulties would soon end; and they did. I was overjoyed to see him. My Dad had died more than four years earlier. In 1977, at age 44, that visit was the tipping point for me. Suddenly, all doubt faded away. I- became a firm believer in some kind of life after death. During that same week, Dad walked past his favorite nephew on that young man's first morning of work at the San Francisco Examiner newspap