Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Preface XI
5. PART I GROWTH OF A LEGEND
6. 1. What Kidd Did 3
7. 2. Political Vortex 18
8. 3. Clamors and False Stories 33
9. 4. The "Kidd Business" 56
10. 5. Octavo Kidd 74
11. 6. The Road to Hell and Heaven 82
12. 7. Fifty or Three Score Thousand Pounds 113
13. PART II LITERARY USES
14. 8. Knickerbocker Kidd 151
15. 9. Leatherstocking Kidd 166
16. 10. The Oval Stone and the Old Women of New England 176
17. 11. Wizard of the Sea 182
18. 12. Scaraboid Kidd 189
19. 13. Kidd's Anchorage 193
20. Epilogue 202
21. Notes 209
22. Index 227