CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Language
Introduction: The Border Lord
1. The Scholars’ Hard Road
2. A Gathering at Lake Mendota
3. Gone to Texas
4. Many Roads to California
5. In Stephens's Grove
6. Foundations of Empire
7. Teachers and Students—Worlds Apart
8. Of Presidents and Politics
9. Race, Place, and Heroes
10. Exploration, Empire, and Patrimony
11. The Grand Patriarch
12. Bury My Heart at Corte Madera
13. Western Revolt and Retirement
14. Defending the Empire
15. The Fading Pageant
16. The Emperor Departs
Afterword: The Debatable Legacy
Abbreviations Used in the Notes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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