Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-288) and index.
The oak and the vine -- Heroic boys and men of industry -- Wandering -- Edible mud -- Catherine -- Ego, eccentricity, and screwballs -- "Here there will be no unhappiness" -- Beneficent jove -- A third life -- A betting man -- The end of innocence -- Something like a god -- The legacy -- What would Milton Do?