[Crossing the River 01] • Crossing the River by Ragsdale, Amy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents List of “Characters” Prologue Part I: Crash Course: July, August, September

1. The Family of Man 2. Not Too Big. Not Too Small. 3. Flies 4. We Make a Friend: Zeca 5. A Tenuous Foothold 6. “I Hate Brazil” 7. Finding Our Guides 8. Time to Watch and Listen 9. A Gringo Befriended 10. “Quer Ficar Comigo?” 11. The Table Goes Silent, Time for a Break 12. Running the Race 13. On Learning to Be a Man 14. Relax

Part II: Home: October, November, December

15. A New Start 16. Forró Dancing with Zeca 17. Why Are All the Poor People Black and the Rich People White? 18. My People: The Butcher, the Baker, the Furniture Maker 19. Surfing Through the Presidential Election 20. Hitting the Wall 21. Bands of Ants and Silent Horsemen 22. A Viking Queen Floats Above a Chiffon Sea 23. Compatible Travelers 24. Holidays Unraveling 25. New Year’s Eve in Salvador 26. Home

Part III: Widening the Circle: January, February

27. The Dividing Line 28. Balance and Joy 29. Walking Tall 30. Surprising Finds 31. Guests in Their House 32. On Maintaining Respect 33. Conflicting Worlds 34. A Long Swim 35. Dark-Skinned Nannies Wheel White-Skinned Babies to the Park 36. Put to the Test 37. Gratitude

Part IV: Crossing the River: March, April, May

38. A Five-Day Orgy 39. The Doldrums of March 40. The Sensitive Cross-Cultural Approach 41. The Long Arm of American Ambition 42. Floating Anger 43. More Important Things 44. The Long Stutter of Good-Byes 45. Crossing the River 46. A Quick White Smile in a Dark Face Epilogue Postscript

Appendices

Where Are They Now? Portuguese Vocabulary Maps

Acknowledgments About the Author