Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER TWO A Clear Showing THE PROBLEM OF FAULT IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER'S THE PIONEERS 15
6. CHAPTER THREE Negligence before the Mast SHIP COLLISIONS AND THE NAUTICAL LITERATURE OF THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY 35
7. CHAPTER FOUR "Nobody to Blame" STEAMBOAT ACCIDENTS AND RESPONSIBILITY IN TWAIN 65
8. CHAPTER FIVE The Law of the Good Samaritan CROSS-RACIAL RESCUE IN STEPHEN CRANE AND CHARLES CHESNUTT 98
9. CHAPTER SIX Stop, Look, and Listen THE SIGNS AND SIGNALS OF THE RAILROAD ACCIDENT 133
10. CHAPTER SEVEN Epilogue 159
11. Notes 171
12. Index 193