1. Author’s Note to the Paperback Edition
2. Prologue: London, July 1945
1. A Top Hat, a Clean Collar, and Clean Boots, 1850–1900
3. The Pen Mightier than the Pain, 1923–1930
5. Catching Lightning in a Jar, 1934–1939
6. Blood, Sweat, Toil, and Tears, 1940–1943
7. An Irishman Is Born, 1943–1946
8. The Last Approach to the Mansion of Pluto, 1946–1947
10. The Last Stronghold of Poets and Painters, 1949–1953
12. Voyaging with Commodore Anson, 1955–1959
13. Temple and Beauvoir, 1960–-1966
14. Master and Commander, 1967–1969
15. An Epic Is Launched, 1970–1973
16. Becoming Picasso, 1973–1976
18. Writing with Stunsails Aloft and Alow, 1978–1984
19. Singing of Sir Joseph, 1985–1986
20. Sailing in the Trade Winds, 1987–1990
21. The Best Writer You Never Heard Of? 1990–1992
22. The Wages of Fame, 1993–1994
23. The Commodore’s Second Triumphal Tour, 1995–1996