Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VIII
3. Contents IX
4. Illustrations XI
5. I. The Johnsons of Chestnut Hill 1
6. II. The Central High School 12
7. III. The Rush Office 21
8. IV. The Bar and the Crisis 33
9. V. The War Comes to the Law Academy 42
10. VI. The Wars of the Grandfathers 53
11. VII. The Great Popularity 66
12. VIII. Where There's a Will 77
13. IX. The Panic of 1873 84
14. X. Marriage 91
15. XI. For Lawyers Only 101
16. XII. The Bar Sheds Its Ruffles 111
17. XIII. Libel and Forgery Make Headlines 119
18. XIV. Disunion in the Union League 129
19. XV. The Family Grows Up 137
20. XVI. Tremendous Trifles and Some Damned Dead Horses 148
21. XVII. Building an Art Collection 158
22. XVIII. A Merger in Sugar 170
23. XIX. Leader of the Bar 182
24. XX. Mr. Johnson Goes into Conference 195
25. XXI. The Northern Securities Case 207
26. XXII. Bills of Divorcement 224
27. XXIII. Dissolutions in Oil and Tobacco 234
28. XXIV. The Private Gallery of Esquire Johnson 245
29. XXV. The United States against the Steel Corporation 252
30. XXVI. An Arch-Monopolist Grows Old 268
31. XXVII. A Man to Remember 279
32. XXVIII. A Legacy and an Art Heritage 285
33. XXIX. The Legend and the Tradition 295
34. XXX. A Question Unanswered 306
35. Bibliography 316
36. Index 321