Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface X
5. Introduction 1
6. One Happy, Optimistic, and Good Company 4
7. Two A Prisoner for Conscience Sake 23
8. Three We Have Always Been Sweethearts 53
9. Four No Reversals 80
10. Five No Fairy Godmother 108
11. Six The Tug of the West 148
12. Seven Dangerous & Rapidly Getting Worse 170
13. Eight Like a Drunken Gandy Dancer 191
14. Nine The Great Arsenal 213
15. Ten Rocky Mountain Empire 232
16. Eleven A Western Railroad Operated by Western Men 254
17. Twelve Divers Projects of Imperial Proportions 277
18. Afterword A Missed Opportunity 285
19. Acknowledgments 292
20. Bibliography 294
21. Index 307