Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE VII
3. CONTENTS XIII
4. ILLUSTRATIONS XV
5. 1. The Picketts of Fauquier 1
6. 2. The Plains and the Rockies 4
7. 3. Alias "The Curltail Coon" 7
8. 4. Yerba Buena 19
9. 5. The Farthest West 29
10. 6. Sonoma 34
11. 7. Gold 41
12. 8. The "Western American" 49
13. 9. Pamphlets for the Times 56
14. 10. Orator and Epistolographer 64
15. 11. The 'Sixties 72
16. 12. Into the Fray Again 84
17. 13. De-chairing a Justice 94
18. 14. Philosopher versus King 101
19. 15. Pedagogy and Paris 108
20. 16. The Anti-Plundercrat 117
21. 17. The End of the Trail 125
22. NOTE 136
23. Bibliography 167
24. Index 175