Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Author’s Note ix
4. 1 Prologue: The Inauguration, 1959 1
5. 2 Postmark: Willcox, Arizona, 1928 7
6. 3 Postmark: Cambridge, England, 1930 22
7. 4 The Blind Date, 1939 42
8. 5 Postmark: Somewhere in Italy, 1944 62
9. 6 The Homecoming, 1945 86
10. 7 Goodbye to New York, 1946 89
11. 8 In the Second Chair, 1949 101
12. 9 Rutgers v. the Red Scare, 1954 109
13. 10 Philosophy of Education v. the “Big Lie” 116
14. 11 The Inauguration, 1959 128
15. 12 Into the Fishbowl, 1959 133
16. 13 The Cultural Wasteland, 1959 150
17. 14 Nothing at Rutgers Was Ever Easy 154
18. 15 Crisis, 1961 159
19. 16 Faith and Reason 165
20. 17 Score Once More, 1965 170
21. 18 The Inflection Point, 1965 179
22. 19 The Silent Steinway, 1965 191
23. 20 The Jewel in the Crown 205
24. 21 The Year Everything Went Wrong, 1968 211
25. 22 Law and Order, 1968 223
26. 23 Faith and Reason v. Law and Order 228
27. 24 June 1970 253
28. 25 Complicated, 1971 258
29. 26 Guggenheim, 1972 266
30. 27 The Door Opens, Then Closes Tight, 1975–1977 270
31. 28 The Last Post, 1977 277
32. 29 The Hope That Lies within You, 2020 281
33. Appendix: Personal Histories, Correspondence, Reminiscences, and Interviews 289
34. Acknowledgments 291
35. Notes 293
36. Bibliography 309
37. Index 313