Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Belaboring Scopes 1
4. 1. Lighting the Darwin Fuse 22
5. 2. The Lamb-Dragon and the Devil’s Poison 54
6. 3. Blood Relationship, Bolshevism, and Whoopie Parties 77
7. 4. The Wolf Pack and the Upas Tree 112
8. 5. Beast Ancestry, Dangerous Triplets, and Damnable Heresies 138
9. 6. Flood, Fruit, and Satan 166
10. 7. Trees, Knees, and Nurseries 202
11. 8. The Nightcrawler, the Wedge, and the Bloodiest Religion 247
12. Epilogue: The Baby Christian and the Dark Place 271
13. Acknowledgments 285
14. Notes 289
15. Index 339