Table of Contents
Map ix
Chapter 1 Africa, 1954 1
Chapter 2 Mississippi, 1910 9
Chapter 3 Northbound 19
Chapter 4 Taste the Wind 29
Chapter 5 Chicago, 1927 55
Chapter 6 But Will It Fly? 61
Chapter 7 A Twenty-Dollar Bet 71
Chapter 8 Hummingbird 85
Chapter 9 Tall Tree, Short Cotton 89
Chapter 10 A World Away 101
Chapter 11 Lonely Voyage 109
Chapter 12 Marseilles 115
Chapter 13 Train From Djibouti 123
Chapter 14 Addis Ababa, 1935 131
Chapter 15 Rocks in the Clouds 143
Chapter 16 Audience with the Emperor 151
Chapter 17 Gathered at the River, 1935 159
Chapter 18 Dogs and Rabbits 177
Chapter 19 A Lonely War 191
Chapter 20 Sportsmen and Warriors 201
Chapter 21 Stranger to Peace 213
Chapter 22 Reluctant Hero 221
Chapter 23 Toward Home 233
Chapter 24 Gulfport, 1936 245
Chapter 25 Hard Choices 259
Chapter 26 Once More to Africa 271
Epilogue 285
Acknowledgments 289
Bibliography 292
