Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Introduction

CHICAGO

CHAPTER ONE: Jimmie and Marion

CHAPTER TWO: Satin Curtains Redux

CHAPTER THREE: The Lake

CHAPTER FOUR: War and Peace

CHAPTER FIVE: Taking from Everybody

NEW YORK

CHAPTER SIX: Tenth Street

CHAPTER SEVEN: Savage Debut

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Hurricane

CHAPTER NINE: Hudson River Day Line

CHAPTER TEN: To the Harbormaster

PARIS

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Seeing Something Through

VÉTHEUIL

CHAPTER TWELVE: La Tour

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Vinnie and Thea

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: La Grande Vallée

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: A Few Days

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Ici

Notes

Index

Illustrations

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