Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. 1. Monuments and Mysteries 1
7. 2. Sole Passenger 12
8. 3. Baptism and Marriage 23
9. 4. 1837 35
10. 5. New Yorker and Norwegian 45
11. 6. A Specimen of the Gold 58
12. 7. A Particular Friend 70
13. 8. Drexel, Sather & Church 81
14. 9. Congratulating Himself on Freedom 93
15. 10. Cigars, Wine, and Other Evils 104
16. 11. The Turning Point 117
17. 12. Law in a Lawless City 128
18. 13. Gold, Pigs, and a Summer Residence 140
19. 14. The Foundation of Man’s Future Circumstances 152
20. 15. Morals, Money, and War 164
21. 16. The Haunted House 174
22. 17. Never Sather & Son 186
23. 18. Among Friends on Wall Street 197
24. 19. Under the Fever Trees 208
25. 20. Peder and Jane 221
26. 21. In Memoriam 231
27. Bibliography 241
28. Index 279