Table of Contents
Prologue: A Tale of Two Cities 1
Introduction: A Very Personal War 5
Part 1 The Raton Pass
Chapter 1 On the Train to El Moro 25
Chapter 2 The Wild West 33
Chapter 3 Beware the Prairie Lilies 48
Chapter 4 The Grid 57
Chapter 5 Where to Go 63
Chapter 6 Seeking Uncle Dick 74
Chapter 7 Santa Fe, Inc. 79
Chapter 8 Enter the Queen 90
Chapter 9 The Battle Is Joined 108
Part 2 The Royal Gorge
Chapter 10 Precious Metals 123
Chapter 11 "A Game of Bluff" 130
Chapter 12 Haw 136
Chapter 13 The Dead-line 144
Chapter 14 This Means War 154
Chapter 15 Bad Men 163
Chapter 16 Gould 172
Chapter 17 A Whiskey Salute 181
Chapter 18 Harvey Houses 186
Part 3 Los Angeles
Chapter 19 The Pueblo 197
Chapter 20 The Big Four 203
Chapter 21 "A Terrible, Single-handed Talker" 209
Chapter 22 Guaymas 213
Chapter 23 "This Is Hard" 221
Chapter 24 The A&P 227
Chapter 25 The End of the Line 238
Chapter 26 Ightham Mote 247
Chapter 27 California for a Dollar 257
Chapter 28 Boom! 262
Chapter 29 Home 272
Epilogue: The Frontier Thesis 281
Acknowledgments 291
Notes 295
Bibliography 313
Illustration Credits 325
Index 327