CONTENTS

Prologue: Omaha, Nebraska, November 1873

Four Years Later

One: Denver, Colorado, March 1878

Two: The Origin of the World

Three: Cut Down by a Lady

Four: Skullduggery!

Five: An Earlier, Equally Ill-Conceived Proposition

Six: Hop Alley Aflame

Seven: Hop Alley, Laid Waste and Captured on Glass

Eight: A Brief Sojourn in the Hoosegow

Nine: An Angel’s Ministrations

Ten: Exeunt, Pursued by a Bear

Acknowledgements

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