Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Introduction IX
4. 1. Just off Main Street 1
5. 2. "Ancestral Voices Prophesying War" 19
6. 3. In God Some of Us Trusted 41
7. 4. Science, Democracy, and Mystery 63
8. 5. Prohibition and the Democratic Faith 85
9. 6. The Governor and the Champion 103
10. 7. The Folklore of Advertising 123
11. 8. "Horatio Alger Doesn't Work Here any More" 145
12. 9. A Republican Form of Government 167
13. The Sources for This Book 187
14. Index 219