COPYRIGHT © 2018 BY A. G. HOPKINS

Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, Princeton University Press

PUBLISHED BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TR

press.princeton.edu

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ISBN 978-0-691-17705-2

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017961900

British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available

Acquisitions Editor: Ben Tate

Editorial Assistant: Hannah Paul

Production Editorial: Karen Carter

Jacket Illustration Credit: “It Ought to be a Happy New Year,” Judge magazine, 1899.

Courtesy of Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, The Ohio State University

Production: Erin Suydam

Publicity: Sara Henning Stout and Katie Lewis

Copyeditor: Karen Verde

Epigraph Credit: Brian Turner, “Ashbah” from Here, Bullet.

Copyright © 2005 by Brian Turner. Reprinted

with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc.,
on behalf of Alice James Books.

This book has been composed in Miller, Coliseum, and Griffon

Printed on acid-free paper. ∞

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2