Contents

Chapter One: The African Charioteer

Chapter Two: Attic Archeology

Entr’acte

Chapter Three: Down in the Valley

Chapter Four: Self-Reliance

Entr’acte

Chapter Five: Rare Birds

Chapter Six: Negro Paradise

Chapter Seven: Memento Mori

Chapter Eight: World Enough and Time

Chapter Nine: North Country

Entr’acte

Chapter Ten: After They’ve Gone

Chapter Eleven: A Journey Through the Memory House

Chapter Twelve: Gilbert’s Ghosts

Chapter Thirteen: Ain’t We Got Fun

Chapter Fourteen: A Night at the Dingo Bar

Chapter Fifteen: Gone Are the Days

Epilogue: The River

Postscript

Acknowledgments