Prologue

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction IX
5. Prologue 1
6. Letter I: Sojourn in New York 3
7. Letter II: Aboard the Transcontinental: New York to Omaha 31
8. Letter III: Aboard the Transcontinental: Omaha to San Francisco 68
9. Prologue 89
10. Letter IV: American Democracy 91
11. Letter V: American Women 109
12. Prologue 123
13. Letter VI: Idyll in the Santa Ana Mountains 125
14. Letter VII: My Mountain Idyll Continued 154
15. Letter VIII: Life Among the Squatters 185
16. Letter IX: Bear Hunt 205
17. Prologue 217
18. Letter X: Thoughts from San Francisco 219
19. Prologue 229
20. Letter XI: Virginia City 231
21. Prologue 245
22. Letter XII: The Chinese in California 247
23. Letter XIII: Polish Communities in America 267
24. Index 293