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Contents

AUTHOR’s NOTE | In Which the Author Explains, Why Write a Book? | ix

INTRODUCTION | In Which the Author Explains, Why Frog Hollow? | xi

1. THE DIFFICULT DREAM | The Babcocks Dig a Well and Launch a Newspaper | 1

2. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH | Colonel Pope Comes to Town and Helps Build an Industrial Powerhouse | 10

3. A DREAM OF SOCIAL ORDER | The Government Segregates a Neighborhood | 39

4. THE FULLEST STATURE | Original Residents Are Pushed Out, the Neighborhood Gets a Reputation—and Everyone Is Baseball Crazy | 61

5. TO BE RECOGNIZED | The Children of Frog Hollow Find Champions, and the Newsies Fight Back | 93

6. EACH MAN AND WOMAN | The Reverend Pennington Is Free | 115

7. GROWING WEARY AND MISTRUSTFUL | The Neighborhood Gets an Orphanage | 135

8. THEY ARE INNATELY CAPABLE | Dominick Burns Opens a Bank, and Maria Sánchez Shepherds a Political Force | 139

9. REGARDLESS OF FORTUITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES | The Ghosts That Walk Frog Hollow’s Streets, and Where They’re Heading | 166

Acknowledgments | 173

Notes | 175

Index | 215