Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Chapter One. Hoosier Hard Times 1
6. Chapter Two. A Very Bard Of A City 25
7. Chapter Three. This Matter Of Reporting 47
8. Chapter Four. Survival Of The Fittest 70
9. Chapter Five. Editorial Days 95
10. Chapter Six. The Writer 115
11. Chapter Seven. Sister Carrie 140
12. Chapter Eight. Down Hill And Up 164
13. Chapter Nine. Return Of The Novelist 191
14. Chapter Ten. Life After The Titanic 217
15. Chapter Eleven. The Genius Himself 245
16. Chapter Twelve. Back To The Future 271
17. Chapter Thirteen. An American Tragedy 297
18. Chapter Fourteen. Celebrity 325
19. Chapter Fifteen. Tragic America 354
20. Chapter Sixteen. Facing West 382
21. Selected Works Of Theodore Dreiser 403
22. Abbreviations 407
23. Notes 411
24. Index 463