Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Preface ix
5. Timeline xviii
6. 1 Early Life to 1949: (‘I Am a Good Boy’) 1
7. 2 1950–53: Guys and Dolls to Hans Christian Andersen 62
8. 3 1953–54: A New Project, Adler and Ross, and Running the Business 106
9. 4 1954–56: Damn Yankees, the Guys and Dolls film and The Most Happy Fella 148
10. 5 1956–58: The Most Happy Fella and The Music Man 188
11. 6 1958–60: The Most Happy Fella in London and Greenwillow 242
12. 7 1960–61: Maintaining the Business 293
13. 8 1961–62: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 347
14. 9 1961–64: Loesser and Meredith Willson 404
15. 10 1962–63: Family, Friends and Business 472
16. 11 1964–65: Pleasures and Palaces, Anya and Señor Discretion Himself 519
17. 12 1966–69: The Last Years 563
18. Index 632
19. Plates 647