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Index
Title Page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
PART I: SINNERS
The River
The Key Log
The Death Blow
Clement’s Fall
Angel and Big Waters
PART II: MOTHERS
The Reluctant Mother
Beaver Jean the Trapper
Mother St. John the Sister and Nurse
Stillwater Home for Orphans and Infirmed
Eliza and Child
Beaver Jean’s Troublesome Wives and Toes
Albertina
The Arrival of a Blizzard
In the Barn
The Amputation
The Priest
Eliza’s Hurt
The Red Swan
The Schmidt Brothers
The Disquieting Mother
The Unwanted Ones
Beaver Jean Ponders Changes
PART III: ORPHANS
Angel’s Doll
The Story of the Swan
The Beloved Child and His Whore-Mother
Nanny and Angel
Angel and Clement
The Hatterbys
Beaver Jean’s Bad Luck Along the Bad River
Angel Learns to Negotiate
Weather in Heaven
A School Visit
Nanny’s Fate
Davis Learns His Place
Big Responsibility
Davis the Piano Player
Angel the Coy Mistress
Big Waters Begs
Fantasies and Realities
The Voyeurs
Angel’s Wedding
Beaver Jean Returns
Clement and Davis Enlist
Gut-Shot
Letters from Home
PART IV: MYTHS
The Escapee
Clement Goes Underwater
The Good Sister
The Virgin and the Convict
Big Waters Cleaves Clement to Her
Lydian
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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