Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Preface xi
5. Part I
6. Chapter One: Embarking on a Sweet Sea 3
7. Chapter Two: Charting the Course 25
8. Chapter Three: Widening Horizons 49
9. Chapter Four: Barriers and Bridges 92
10. Chapter Five: The Eye of the Storm 130
11. Chapter Six: Chronicles of an Adventurer 170
12. Part II. A Selection of Essays by Victoria Ocampo
13. Sarmiento's Gift 197
14. Fani 200
15. A King Passes By 209
16. Maria de Maeztu 212
17. Living History 217
18. Adrienne Monnier 223
19. Woman, Her Rights, and Her Responsibilities 228
20. Virginia Woolf in My Memory 235
21. The Forest 241
22. Gabriela Mistral and the Nobel Prize 246
23. The Man With the Whip 252
24. Albert Camus 263
25. Heroes With and Without Space Suits 268
26. The Last Year of Pachacutec 273
27. Women in the Academy 278
28. Chapter Notes 285
29. Essay Notes 299
30. Selected Bibliography 303
31. Index 307