Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Prologue: “I Never Did It!”
1. Little Secrets
2. Friends and Fools
3. High-Wire Act
4. Making Old Folk Comfy
5. One for the Road
6. Nineteen Days in August
7. Trials and Tribulations
8. Petticoats Prevail
9. Clever Schemes—And Greed
10. Never an Unkind Word
11. “Death Is Feared, and Distress Is Great”
12. “You Did This!”
13. Oscar’s Story
14. Innocence Proclaimed
15. “Do Your Duty!”
16. A Little Madness
17. City of Scoundrels
18. Farewell
19. “It’s Time”
20. The Confession
Epilogue: “The Most Horrible Moment”
Afterword
Appendix: By Anna Marie’s Hand
Bibliography
Index