| 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 |
