Table of Contents
Prologue: Vanishing Act x
Part I
Chapter 1 Clashing Foils 3
Chapter 2 Black Hats & Ink 9
Chapter 3 Maiden Voyage 16
Chapter 4 Family Ties 24
Chapter 5 Mankiller 32
Chapter 6 A Deathlike Hue 41
Chapter 7 A Greenish Cast 49
Chapter 8 The Devil 6c the Gun Maker 56
Part II
Chapter 9 The Sacrificial Lamb 65
Chapter 10 Confessions of the Way Life Used to Be 70
Chapter 11 Forgive Me, I Am Dying Now 76
Chapter 12 A Silent Space of Time 88
Chapter 13 Blood in the Gutter 95
Chapter 14 Blood Brothers 103
Chapter 15 Catch-penny Abuse 111
Chapter 16 Prison House 121
Chapter 17 Theater of Murder 130
Chapter 18 A Brothers Sins 139
Chapter 19 Born for Blood 150
Chapter 20 A Bloodthirsty Heart 161
Chapter 21 "Deth Hath No Terrors" 173
Part III
Chapter 22 Engine of Destruction 185
Chapter 23 Blood on His Hands 192
Chapter 24 A Dreadful Cup of Vengeance 198
Chapter 25 Moving On 203
Chapter 26 The Tail of a Lion 211
Chapter 27 Saved by the Indians 220
Chapter 28 House of Hope 229
Chapter 29 Fortune Smiles 236
Chapter 30 Life Springs and Death Blows 243
Chapter 31 His Father's Son 254
Chapter 32 A Final Blow 259
Epilogue 263
Acknowledgments 268
Appendixes 270
Endnotes 278
Selected Bibliography 303
Index 308
About the Author 316
