Contents

Copyright

Prologue: The Setting Sun

I   That Dye of Dyes
II   Ancient Times
III   Purple People
IV   Exploring Dora
V   Only God Can Tell
VI   The Missing Shade of Blue
VII   Mood Indigo
VIII   The Quest for the Holy Snail
IX   True Blue
X   The Selfish Shellfish
XI   Dyed in the Wool
XII   Seeing Blue
XIII   Feeling Blue
XIV   Tangled Up in Blue

Epilogue: Something Old, Something New

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

Bibliography

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