Table of Contents
Map: The Travels of Theodore Roosevelt and John Schrank, September 21-October 14, 1912 viii
Prologue: "Avenge My Death!" ix
Part 1 1
1 "We Stand at Armageddon" 3
2 "God Has Called Me to Be His Instrument" 38
3 "We Want No King" 64
4 "A Perfect Stranger" 89
5 "I'm Not a Fancy Fencing Match" 112
6 "It Was a New Thing to Me" 118
Part 2 133
7 "A Decent, Respectable Reception" 135
8 "I Want to Be a Good Indian, O.K." 161
9 "He Pinked Me, Harry" 173
10 "The Wound Is a Trivial One" 183
11 "I Am Not a Lunatic" 211
Epilogue: "I Have Already Lived and Enjoyed as Much of My Life as Any Other Nine Men I Know" 232
Author's Note 243
Acknowledgments 245
Sources 247
Bibliography 272
Index 283
About the Author 288