Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Foreword vii
4. Sample Pages from Althea Altemus’s Original Manuscript xv
5. A Note on the Transcription xxi
6. BIG BOSSES 1
7. CHAPTERS 3
8. PREFACE A STORY OF ACTUAL HAPPENINGS 5
9. WEALTH 9
10. CHICAGO 39
11. PIERRE DUVAL 62
12. SLEUTHS 70
13. PHYLANDER & COMPANY 108
14. COUNTRY 113
15. NEW YORK 117
16. STRUBER & COMPANY 123
17. PIGEONBLOOD RUBY 135
18. FRED F. FRENCH & COMPANY 148
19. MIAMI 150
20. BISCAYNE BAY 155
21. Afterword: Chronicling the Clerical Life of Althea Altemus 157
22. Acknowledgments 181
23. Historical Annotations and Endnotes 187