Contents
Prologue: April 1949
Summer 1955–56
Chapter One A Dame Is Born
Chapter Two Rebels, Villains, and Heroes
Autumn 1956
Chapter Three The Enemy Within
Chapter Four The Bomb in the Outback
Winter 1956
Chapter Five It’s a Men’s Game
Chapter Six One-Armed Bandits
Spring 1956
Chapter Seven With Open Arms
Chapter Eight Clouds on the Horizon
Chapter Nine Lighting the Way
Chapter Ten The World Waits
Summer 1956–57
Chapter Eleven Let the Games Begin
Chapter Twelve The Worst of Times, the Best of Times