Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 3
6. Leitrim 16
7. Starting Out 35
8. Sounding the “Magical Flute” 76
9. The Suspension Bridge 111
10. Evading the “Curse of Swift” 138
11. Making It and Losing It in Toronto, 1856–66 173
12. The Curse Fulfilled 233
13. New York, New York! 1869–92 263
14. Appendix A 313
15. Appendix B 317
16. Notes 319
17. Bibliography 375
18. Index 387