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Index
Title Page
Copyright Notice
In Memoriam
Contents
Epigraph
Author’s Note
Prologue: Earth’s Melancholy Map
1. Between Scylla and Charybdis: Coming Home
Deep in the Canyon of Heroes
The Sea of Variability
Chaos Come Again
A Room of One’s Own
Easy Riders
The Road to Ithaca
To the Banks of the Ganges
Gone Rambling
Thank You for Your Service
2. “The One Thing Needful”: Paradoxes of Preparation
Lucky Charm
Keep Your Powder Dry
Doubly Enveloped by Relevance
Military Arts and Sciences
Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee
Fate, Chance, Kings, and Desperate Men
The Performer’s Paradox
Accidental Tourists
A Night at the Improv
A Lean and Hungry Look
3. “On the Verge of the True Forest”: Trusting the Imaginary Forces
Wizardry
Mama Bears and Papa Bears
Essential Equipment
Wartime Reading
Full-Spectrum Thinking
Patience and Time
An Absence of Method
Shakespeare and the Forces of Imagination
Undiscovered Countries
Rewriting the Story
Coda: The Accident of Elegies
Recommended Books and Films
Also by Elizabeth D. Samet
A Note About the Author
Copyright
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