Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Author’s Note
6. Epigraph
7. Prologue
8. 1 Elder Arthur
9. 2 “This Is the Place”
10. 3 Bleeding Kansas
11. 4 Playing the Game
12. 5 Barracks and Blankets
13. 6 The Shoddy Aristocracy
14. 7 The Lordly Roscoe
15. 8 The Collector
16. 9 From Grant to Hayes
17. 10 His Fraudulency the President
18. 11 “The One I Loved Dearest”
19. 12 Dark Horse
20. 13 “A Great Deal of Soap”
21. 14 “An Ugly Wound”
22. 15 A Mysterious Correspondent
23. 16 “He Is Our President”
24. 17 “A Splendid Henry V”
25. 18 A Surprise Visit
26. 19 An Attack in Savannah
27. 20 “Between Two Stools”
28. 21 “Fame Is a Bubble”
29. Epilogue
30. Photos
31. Acknowledgments
32. Bibliography
33. Notes
34. Index