title: True Stories of Strange Events and Odd People: A Memoir
author: Lawrence S. Bartell
description: Lawrence S. Bartell is a professor emeritus of the chemistry department of the University of Michigan. To date, he has published over three hundred scientific articles and continues to actively publish today. This is his first work of a nonscientific nature, presenting stories accumulated over a lifetime.
zlib_text: [Also by David Ambrose](Coincidence_split_002.html#filepos1584)
  
  Superstition
  
  The Man Who Turned into Himself
  
  Mother of God
  
  Hollywood Lies
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright](Coincidence_split_002.html#filepos1663)
  
  The events and characters in this book are fictitious. Certain real locations
  and public figures are mentioned, but all other characters and events
  described in the book are totally imaginary.
  
  Copyright © 2001 by David Ambrose
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  First published in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd.
  
  Warner Books, Inc.
  
  Hachette Book Group
  
  237 Park Avenue
  
  New York, NY 10017
  
  Visit our website at
  [www.HachetteBookGroup.com](http://www.HachetteBookGroup.com)
  
  
  First eBook Edition: September 2009
  
  ISBN: 978-0-446-56666-7
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [Also by David Ambrose](Coincidence_split_000.html#filepos109)
  
  [Copyright](Coincidence_split_001.html#filepos505)
  
  [Acknowledgments](Coincidence_split_003.html#filepos6686)
  
  [“GEORGE”](Coincidence_split_005.html#filepos7768)
  
  > [Chapter 1](Co