Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xv
5. FOREWORD xvii
6. EDWARD SYLVESTER MORSE
7. CHAPTER ONE. THE TWIG IS BENT 1838–1858 3
8. CHAPTER TWO. THIS UNWELCOME BODY 1858–1859 22
9. CHAPTER THREE. A CHANCE IS OPEN 1859–1860 58
10. CHAPTER FOUR. DARWINIAN DEBATES 1860 94
11. CHAPTER FIVE. BUTTER-PAT REBELLION 1860 122
12. CHAPTER SIX. VOTING AGAINST LINCOLN 1860–1861 146
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. HAVE LEARNED EVERYTHING 1862–1866 185
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. FOUR INSANE YOUNG MEN 1867–1876 211
15. CHAPTER NINE. SCARLET LACQUER AND SHELLS 1877–1879 234
16. CHAPTER TEN. THINGS COMING IN THICK 1879–1882 271
17. CHAPTER ELEVEN. FLOWER VASE OF BRONZE 1882–1883 281
18. CHAPTER TWELVE. THE MORE I THINK OF MINE 1883–1887 305
19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. THE BAND PLAYED YANKEE DOODLE 1888–1901 334
20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. NEVER ORDERED THEM 360
21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. I WILL, BY THUNDER 1899–1910 378
22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. SOUND AS A TRIVET 1911–1921 404
23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN HOW MUCH FORMALIN 1922–1925 429
24. APPENDIX 437
25. INDEX 443