3. Used to Be

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents xi
4. 1. By Way if Introduction 1
5. 2. A Comment 7
6. 3. Used to Be 9
7. 4. The Forging of a Squirren 36
8. 5. Of the Lay of Things, and a Creek 46
9. 6. Ghosts 64
10. 7. A Rooted Population 71
11. 8. An Irrelevance 90
12. 9. Hoof and Paw, Tooth and Claw, Little Creatures Everywhere 93
13. 10. His Chapter 114
14. 11. Helpers 140
15. 12. 2 x 4 164
16. 13. Another Irrelevance 189
17. 14. The War with Mother N. 192
18. 15. Interlude: Our own Pippa passes at the age of seven or so—a sop for those who would have preferred a happy homestead sort of book... 208
19. 16. The War Resumed 209
20. 17. What Happened to Mother N.'s Own Boy? 229
21. 18. Reality as Viewed Darkly Through Old Snuff-Bottle Shards 249
22. Afterword by the Author (2002) 269
23. A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR 272