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Acknowledgments
Prologue: Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 15, 1910
Part 1. Newsman in the Far North, 1891–1899
1. In Search of Christopher Columbus: The Bahamas, June 1891
2. Arctic Enthusiasm Is an Intermittent Fever: Washington DC, February 1894
3. A Dog Show and the Seven Islands: Belgium, Norway, and Spitsbergen, April–May 1894
4. Shipwrecked at the Hotel White Bear: Spitsbergen, May–July 1894
5. The President Cannot Be Stampeded: Washington DC, February–May 1898
6. Like Opening a Grave: Northbrook Island, Franz Josef Land, July 28, 1898
7. Tell Them What It Was Like for Us Here: Franz Josef Land, August–December 1898
8. The Strenuous Life: Franz Josef Land, February–July 1899
Part 2. The Insider, 1900–1904
9. The People Are Barely Able to Exist: Washington DC, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, April–August 1902
10. With Johnny D’Mitch and the Coal Barons: Washington DC and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, August–October 1902
11. This Crime against Organized Labor: Colorado and Washington DC, June–December 1904
Part 3. The Polar Airship, 1905–1909
12. Motor Sledges and Airships: Washington DC, 1903–1906
13. The Scheme Was Crazy Enough to Seem Workable: Paris, France, and Tromsø, Norway, January–June 1906
14. The Airship Station on Virgo Bay: Danes Island, Spitsbergen, July–August 1906
15. Wellman vs. Peary: Washington DC, November 1906–May 1907
16. Balloons, Aeroplanes, and the Acrobatic Photographer: Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, and France, 1901–1907
17. Go? Of Course. What Else Are We Here For? Danes Island, Spitsbergen, July–September 1907
18. Lost in a Snowstorm above the Polar Sea: Spitsbergen, September 2, 1907
19. Campaigns and Dollars: Washington DC and Various Locations, 1908–1909
20. Under the Ice, Over the Ice: Danes Island, Spitsbergen, 1908–1909
21. Nowhere Does His Story Ring True: Norway, Denmark, France, and the United States, September–November 1909
Part 4. The Atlantic Ocean, 1910–1912
22. Mr. Wellman’s Unbusinesslike Charm: Chicago, New York, and the White Nile River in Egyptian Sudan, February–March 1910
23. The Funniest Damn Ship I Ever Joined: Atlantic City, New Jersey, July–August 1910
24. The Airship, Bringer of Total War and Universal Peace: Osawatomie, Kansas, and Atlantic City, New Jersey, August–September 1910
25. The Aero-Not: Atlantic City, August–October 1910
26. It’s Europe or Bust from This Minute On: Atlantic City, October 15, 1910
27. Only a Question of Time: Atlantic City, New York City, and the Long Island Coast, October 15, 1910
28. The Queen of Spades: Nantucket Shoals, North Atlantic Ocean, October 16, 1910
29. A Sort of Bleeding to Death: North Atlantic Ocean, October 17, 1910
30. CQD: North Atlantic Ocean, October 18, 1910
31. You’re All Right, Old Man! Atlantic City and New York City, October–December 1910
32. New Dreams for the Aerial Age: New York City, Atlantic City, and Akron, Ohio, 1911
33. The Most Perilous Element of All: Atlantic City, October 1911–July 1912
Epilogue: New York City, 1912–1934
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