Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acronyms and Abbreviations vii
4. Members of the Floating Pool Crew ix
5. Map 1. New York City and New Jersey’s Hudson River Waterfront. Courtesy of William Nelson. xiv
6. Prologue: Swim, Annie, Swim! 1
7. 1. Fire and Water 7
8. 2. The Eureka Moment 23
9. 3. Waterfront in Despair 45
10. 4. Hoboken Ho 65
11. 5. Finding the C500 89
12. 6. Contracts and Crawfish 111
13. 7. Kafka on the Pier 139
14. 8. Perspective Matters 155
15. 9. The Orwellian Bureaucracy 179
16. 10. The Big Jump 207
17. 11. The Lady Moves to the Bronx 217
18. Epilogue: Swim, New York City’s Children, Swim! 227
19. Acknowledgments 237
20. A Note from the Author 238
21. Notes 239
22. Selected Bibliography 277
23. Key to map 2, the floating baths, page 22 280
24. Index 281