Preface
Introduction
Part One
THE MUSICAL PRODIGY
I. A Gentleman Born (1860-1878)
II. Harvard, Class of '82 (1878-1882)
III. The European Judgment (1882-1883)
IV. A Boston Stopover (1883-1885)
V. Discovery (1885)
Part Two
THE WESTERN STORYTELLER
VI. An Uncertain Scholar (1885-1888)
VII. Western Storyteller (1889-1892)
VIII. In Search of Material (1892-1895)
IX. Fame and Marriage (1895-1898)
X. Overnight Celebrity (1899-1902)
XI. "The Virginian" on Broadway (1903-1904)
XII. A Novel of Manners (1904-1906)
Part Three
THE CURMUDGEON
XIII. In the Public Arena (1907-1908)
XIV. Tribulations (1909-1914)
XV. The Curmudgeon Unveiled (1914-1923)
XVI. Entanglements (1923-1938)
Notes
Index