Ernie: the autobiography

Foreword

Preface

1. In the Beginning

2. Welcome to America

3. Back Home

4. Connecticut Memories

5. A Little Family History

6. Borgnine's Navy

7. Adventures at Sea

8. Home Again ... but Not for Long

9. Postwar Blues

10. All the World Really Is a Stage

11. Escape to New York

12. Escape to L.A.

13. From Here to Eternity... and Beyond

14. Go West, Young Family

15. Good Day at Black Rock

16. Several Close Calls

17. Oscar and Me

18. A Piece of No Action

19. Talkin' Pictures, Part One

20. Talkin' Pictures, Part Two

21. Talkin' Pictures, Part Three: Abroad

22. At Sea Again: McHale's Navy Is Launched

23. Everything's Coming Up Roses - Not

24. The Fourth Estate

25. Back to the Big Screen

26. Back in the Saddle, Big-Time

27. Things Go Downhill for a While

28. Clowning Around

29. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

30. Havin' More Fun

31. Tova

32. This 'n' That

33. Back in the Sandals Again

34. Sam Peckinpah Again ... and Beyond

35. A Couple of Good Friends

36. Back to Work

37. Going Home to TV

38. And Now for Some Things Completely Different

39. More Special Folk

40. Dedicated to the Ones I Love

41. Odds and the End

Acknowledgments