Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-385) and index.
German origins -- West to New Mexico -- The establishment of A & L Zeckendorf & Co. in Arizona -- Upheaval and the dissolution of A. & L. Zeckendorf -- Zeckendorf & Welisch and Zeckendorf Bros. -- The closing years of the pioneer era -- Merchant princes -- Departures from Tucson -- The golden years -- Trouble over the Old Boot -- Zeckendorf sues Steinfeld -- The Steinfeld family -- Albert Steinfeld's retirement years -- Tucson's number-one citizen -- Tucson's suncentennial year, 1954 -- The Steinfeld family real estate empire -- The decline of downtown -- The fourth and last generation