CONTENTS

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. Preface
7. Prologue—Reims, a Burning Symbol of Hope for Preservationists
8. PART I: WORLD WAR I
   1. CHAPTER 1: Chartres Cathedral and Its Windows
   2. CHAPTER 2: Groceries: Quanah, Texas, 1914–1918
   3. CHAPTER 3: Risks: Paris and Chartres, 1915–1918
   4. CHAPTER 4: Griffith Faces the World: Texas, New York, Manila, and Shanghai, 1918–1935
   5. CHAPTER 5: Warming Cauldron: Paris and Chartres, 1919–1936
9. PART II: THE INTERWAR YEARS
   1. CHAPTER 6: Spy Hap: Shiojiri, Japan, 1935
   2. CHAPTER 7: Zay Transcends Confrontation: Paris and Chartres, Spring 1935–1937
   3. CHAPTER 8: Griff in Training . . . But for What? Wyoming to Georgia, August 1935–January 1940
   4. CHAPTER 9: Jump-Start: Chartres, September 1938–January 1940
   5. CHAPTER 10: Removal: Chartres, August 1939–January 1940
10. PART III: WORLD WAR II
    1. CHAPTER 11: Fort Hood and Leavenworth Faculty, with Nell: Texas, Kansas, and California, Fall 1940–1942
    2. CHAPTER 12: Stunned into Action: Chartres and Paris, September 1939–June 1940
    3. CHAPTER 13: Transport: Chartres and Berchères-les-Pierres, June 1940
    4. CHAPTER 14: To Quarry or Back to Crypt, for a Long Wait: Fongrenon and Chartres, June 1940
    5. CHAPTER 15: Maneuvers: Kentucky to New York, April 1943–February 1944
    6. CHAPTER 16: Goodbye to Both: New York City, Early February 1944
    7. CHAPTER 17: War Hits Again: The Dordogne and Chartres, June 1940–May 1944
    8. CHAPTER 18: Collared at HQ: Marlborough, UK, and Normandy, Spring 1944–July 1944
    9. CHAPTER 19: Race across France, Resistance Meetup: Normandy, July–Early August 1944
    10. CHAPTER 20: Battle Prelude, First Probe of the Cathedral: La Ferté-Bernard and Chartres, August 1944
    11. CHAPTER 21: Clearing the Church: Chartres, August 16, 1944
    12. CHAPTER 22: In Command at Lèves: Chartres and Lèves, August 16, 1944
    13. CHAPTER 23: Aftermath—Snipers and a Scrappy Lieutenant: Chartres, August 16–19, 1944
11. PART IV: POSTWAR
    1. CHAPTER 24: Light Returns to Its Shrine: Fongrenon and Chartres, Winter 1944–1945 to November 1950
12. Epilogue—Chartres and the United States of America: Spring 1944–1995
13. Afterword: Author’s Note
14. Acknowledgments
15. Notes on Sources
16. Bibliography
17. About the Author