Chapter 1 -- Ella Wikkens, on her death bed, wrote this letter (one of
several) to her daughters. In it she told how she was Jo's
foster sister. She and Jo and all the foster kids attended PG&E summer
camp in the Sierra Nevada foothills. There Jo met his first love
Ester. He attempted to prevent her from drowning and accidentally
created his personal ghost.
Chapter 2 -- Neil Fitzpatrick wrote an unpublished book about the
Berkeley Free Speech Movement. In one chapter he tells of how he met
and befriended Jo at U.C. Berkeley and tried to involve Jo in the Free
Speech Movement. As part of a sit-in, Jo was arrested and taken to
Santa Rita prison, where a strange albino demonstrated that Jo could
not prevent death.
Chapter 3 -- A tape made by John Mellion in Viet Nam was mailed back to
his parents. On that tape, John described Jo's aborted induction at
the Oakland Induction Center. Jo fainted which caused John to break his
finger. Later, at the hospital, Jo finally got the hole in his head
fixed.
Chapter 4 -- Harry Mellion, John Mellion's brother wrote a letter to
the Church of Jo describing a fateful dinner with Jo. Harry, the last
surviving child in his family, invited Jo to Christmas dinner. A
mistake, because his mother still hated Jo for marrying her daughter,
Harry's sister. Jo insulted the mother over dinner and was thrown out
by her. Afterward Harry wondered why Jo had not foreseen his father's
death.
Chapter 5 -- Paul Langdon the British science fiction author, shared an
essay he had once written for the London Times, but had never
submitted. In it he told how he traveled to Europe where he met Jo at
Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. There Jo revealed how he made money
and why he needed so many post office boxes. Jo gave a million dollar
gift to Paul with only a few words.
Chapter 6 -- Joanne Tracy was the editor for Jo's first book. She
discovered what Jo learned in Paris. Threats were made against her, her
publisher and Jo. She heard from the police that a man had been shot in
a post office. She was kidnapped but set free under a cloud of red-wing
blackbirds.
Chapter 7 -- Barry Goodman, on death row for killing his friend's
killer, shared the story of how he became Jo's bodyguard. He revealed
that the man shot at the post office was his friend, a mentally
disabled guy who carried a jar of dimes and drank rum from a thimble.
Chapter 8 -- Dahlia Phillips had Jo's child, Joy, out of wedlock.
Dahlia kept a journal of the time she spent in a hospital because of
her suicide attempt. That journal documented how her mental health
declined after Jo contacted her. Sewn clothes could not save her from
Red's Tamale Day and the redemption of ghosts.
Chapter 9 -- Wayne Manley, a retired sheriff from Needles,
California, told the story about the time Jo was shot in the Majave
Desert and how Jo's predictions of death, blindsides and chickens
screwed up the sheriff's life.
Chapter 10 -- Ace Hoklins revealed that he was once part of the gang
that tried to kill Jo in the Mojave Desert. Ace told how he foiled Jo's
kidnapping and revealed his redemption when Jo asked him to found the
Church of Jo.
Chapter 11 -- Dustin Willowsmith, a reporter, searched for Jo Bailey
and finally found him after he died in Wyoming. Dustin documented the
mystery, death and burial of Jo and how it effected so many others. He
discovered who wanted to kill Jo and why. He remembered Icarus and
wondered about cloning.
