I. [THE BEGINNINGS OF A PLAINSMAN]
II. [A DAUGHTER OF CANAAN]
III. [THE WIDENING HORIZON]
IV. [THE MAN IN THE DARK]
V. [WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST]
VI. [SPYING OUT THE LAND]
VII. ["SANCTUARY"]
VIII. [THE WILDERNESS CROSSROADS]
PART II
[BUILDING THE TRAIL]
IX. [IN THE MOON OF THE PEACH BLOSSOM]
X. [THE HANDS THAT CLING]
XI. ["OUR FRIENDS--THE ENEMY"]
XII. [THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE PLAINS]
XIII. [IN THE SHELTER OF SAN MIGUEL]
XIV. [OPENING THE RECORD]
XV. [THE SANCTUARY ROCKS OF SAN CHRISTOBAL]
XVI. [FINISHING TOUCHES]
XVII. [SWEET AND BITTER WATERS]
PART III
[DEFENDING THE TRAIL]
XVIII. [WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN]
XIX. [A MAN'S PART]
XX. [GONE OUT]
XXI. [IN THE SHADOW OF THE INFINITE]
PART IV
[REMEMBERING THE TRAIL]
XXII. [THE GOLDEN WEDDING]
[FOREWORD]
Westward, along the level prairies of a kingdom yet to be, my memory runs, with a clear vision of the days when romance died not and strong hearts never failed. The glamour of the plains is before my eyes; the tingle of courage, danger-born, is in my pulse-beat; the soft hand of love is touching my hand. I live again the drama of life wherein there are no idle actors, no stale, unmeaning lines. And beyond the action, this way up the years, there runs also the forward-gazing vision toward a new Hesperides: