CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Prologue: BRAZIL, JUNE 1950

1 REASON TO BELIEVE

2 NEW YORK CITY SERENADE

3 THIS HARD LAND

4 THE PROMISED LAND

5 LOST IN THE FLOOD

6 MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER

7 GLORY DAYS

8 STREETS OF FIRE

9 SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT

10 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

11 THE LONG GOOD-BYE

12 ALL OR NOTHIN’ AT ALL

13 DANCING IN THE DARK

14 NO SURRENDER

15 WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY

Epilogue: ONLY IN AMERICA

Index