CONTENTS

Chronology[11]
I.Africa and America[15]
II.The Making of the Man[21]
III.The Wanderjahre[28]
IV.The Shepherd of the Sheep[48]
V.The Vision of the Damned[75]
VI.The Call of Kansas[123]
VII.The Swamp of the Swan[145]
VIII.The Great Plan[198]
IX.The Black Phalanx[235]
X.The Great Black Way[273]
XI.The Blow[308]
XII.The Riddle of the Sphinx[338]
XIII.The Legacy of John Brown[365]
Bibliography[397]
Index[401]