Contents

1. List of Illustrations       ix
2. Preface   “Welcome to Armageddon”       xiii
3. Prologue   “Have Found Solomon’s Stables”       1
4. PART ONE 1920–1926
5. Chapter I   “Please Accept My Resignation”       5
6. Chapter II   “He Must Knock Off or You Will Bury Him”       23
7. Chapter III   “A Fairly Sharp Rap on the Knuckles”       34
8. Chapter IV   “We Have Already Three Distinct Levels”       47
9. PART TWO 1927–1934
10. Chapter V   “I Really Need a Bit of a Holiday”       59
11. Chapter VI   “They Can Be Nothing Else than Stables”       85
12. Chapter VII   “Admonitory but Merciful”       93
13. Chapter VIII   “The Tapping of the Pickmen”       125
14. Chapter IX   “The Most Sordid Document”       144
15. Chapter X   “Either a Battle or an Earthquake”       185
16. PART THREE 1935–1939
17. Chapter XI   “A Rude Awakening”       205
18. Chapter XII   “The Director Is Gone”       218
19. Chapter XIII   “You Asked for the Sensational”       241
20. Chapter XIV       “A Miserable Death Threat”       261
21. Chapter XV   “The Stratigraphical Skeleton”       274
22. PART FOUR 1940–2020
23. Chapter XVI   “Instructions Had Been Given to Protect This Property”       289
24. Epilogue   “Certain Digging Areas Remain Incompletely Excavated”       297
25. Cast of Characters: Chicago Expedition Staff and Spouses       301
26. Year-by-Year List of Chicago Expedition Staff plus Major Events       303
27. Acknowledgments       309
28. Notes       313
29. Bibliography       371
30. Index       387