Annotations


Epigraphs

Dedication

Prologue (1-26):
Groun'-Hog Hunt (3-26)


Part One: Wednesday to Thursday (27-146)

1. President Eisenhower's News Conference (29-35)

2. A Rash of Evil Doings (36-44)

3. Idle Banter: The Fighting Quaker Among Saints and Sinners (45-62)

4. Uncle Sam Strikes Back (63-78)

5. With Uncle Sam at Burning Tree (79-96)

6. The Phantom's Hour (97-110)

7. A Little Morality Play for Our Generation (111-146)


Intermezzo (147-156):
The War Between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness. The Vision of Dwight David Eisenhower (149-156)


Part Two: Friday Morning (157-244)

8. What a Glorious Morning for America (159-172)

9. The Vice President's Beard (173-187)

10. Pilgrimage to The New York Times (188-197)

11. How to Handle a Bloodthirsty Mob (198-210)

12. A Roman Scandal of Roaring Spectacle (211-220)

13. The Cabinet Meeting (221-235)

14. High Noon (236-244)


Intermezzo (245-254):
The Clemency Appeals. A Dramatic Dialogue by Ethel Rosenberg and Dwight Eisenhower (247-254)


Part Three: Friday Afternoon (255-378)

15. Iron Butt Gets Smeared Again (257-276)

16. Third Dementia (277-288)

17. The Eye in the Sky (289-318)

18. The National Poet Laureate Meditates on the Art of Revelation (319-329)

19. All Aboard the Look Ahead, Neighbor Special (330-349)

20. Yippee, the Divine Concursus (350-358)

21. Something Truly Dangerous (359-378)


Intermezzo (379-394):
Human Dignity is Not for Sale. A Last-Act Sing Sing Opera by Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (381-394)


Part Four: Friday Night (395-518)

22. Singalong with the Pentagon Patriots (397-404)

23. The Warden's Guided Tour (405-414)

24. Introducing: The Sam Slick Show! (415-428)

25. A Taste of the City (429-446)

26. Spreading the Table of Glory (447-469)

27. Letting Out the Dark: The Prodigal Son Returns (470-485)

28. Freedom's Holy Light: The Burning of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (486-517)


Epilogue (519-534):
Beauty and the Beast (521-534)