CONTENTS
Hamlin Garland
BOOK I
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
My First Winter in Chicago
1
II.
I Return to the Saddle
13
III.
In the Footsteps of General Grant
24
IV.
Red Men and Buffalo
38
V.
The Telegraph Trail
53
VI.
The Return of the Artist
70
VII.
London and Evening Dress
86
VIII.
The Choice of the New Daughter
97
IX.
A Judicial Wedding
122
X.
The New Daughter and Thanksgiving
140
XI.
My Father's Inheritance
153
XII.
We Tour the Oklahoma Prairie
171
XIII.
Standing Rock and Lake McDonald
184
XIV.
The Empty Room
204
BOOK II
XV.
A Summer in the High Country
219
XVI.
The White House Musicale
237
XVII.
Signs of Change
247
XVIII.
The Old Pioneer Takes the Back Trail
262
XIX.
New Life in the Old House
271
XX.
Mary Isabel's Chimney
289
XXI.
The Fairy World of Childhood
307
XXII.
The Old Soldier Gains a New Granddaughter
326
XXIII.
"Cavanagh" and the "Winds of Destiny"
341
XXIV.
The Old Homestead Suffers Disaster
355
XXV.
Darkness Just Before the Dawn
369
XXVI.
A Spray of Wild Roses
381
XXVII.
A Soldier of the Union Mustered Out
389
Afterword
400
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