Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. Foreword: Look Back to Look Forward ix
5. Preface xv
6. 1. Woodstock and the First Watershed 1
7. 2. Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements 31
8. 3. Puritans, Vikings, Goths 48
9. 4. Congress and the Smithsonian 68
10. 5. American History from the Ground Up 89
11. 6. Constantinople and the Desert 109
12. 7. Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts 135
13. 8. Debts and Dromedaries 154
14. 9. Vermont Public Servant 181
15. 10. The English Language 197
16. 11. Risorgimento and Civil War 220
17. 12. Turin and the Alps 242
18. 13. Man and Nature: The Making 267
19. 14. Man and Nature: The Meaning 290
20. 15. Florence and Unfinished Italy 313
21. 16. Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa 336
22. 17. Retrospect: Forming a Life 370
23. 18. Prospect: Reforming Nature 404
24. Abbreviations in Notes and Bibliography 433
25. NOTES 435
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 545
27. INDEX 575