William Blair wrote:
  >When I
was a kid I had a book, I think it was called something like
>"single transistor projects".  As I recall it was full of lots of
>simple circuits featuring a single transistor.
>(or who knows, maybe it was 101 transistor project; I think I was
>in 4th grade at the time - late '60s) 
Is this it?:
125 One-Transistor Projects (1970)
http://tinyurl.com/2fzqhm  
 wow!
 I think that might be it.  And for $5 I'm gonna find out.  thanks!
 ps: and thanks to everyone who sent me *excellent* links to some really
 cool single transistor FM radios!   really cool!
 I don't know why, but the idea of a single transistor FM radio inspires me.
 -brad