Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. The Life Stinks Club 7
6. “Oh, Now What Have You Done?” 29
7. Party Crasher 55
8. On Borrowed Time 75
9. Visible Means of Support 99
10. “We Confront, therefore, a Formidable Dilemma” 123
11. The Battle of Washington 147
12. Thus Passes the Glory of the World 167
13. Notes 195
14. Selected Bibliography 211
15. Index 215