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Stuart, Nebraska is a long way from the battlefields of Western Europe, but it is not immune to the horrors of the first Great War for Peace. Like all communities, it has lost sons and daughters to the fighting, with many more giving themselves over to the hatred only war can engender.

Set in 1918 in the farm country at the heart of America, The Meaning of Names is the story of an ordinary woman trying to raise a family during extraordinary times. Estranged from her parents because she married against their will, confronted with violence and prejudice against her people, and caught up in the midst of the worst plague the world has ever seen, Gerda Vogel, an American of German descent, must find the strength to keep her family safe from the effects of a war that threatens to consume the whole world.

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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Acknowledgments, Epigraph
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  1. Chapter One
  2. pp. 1-15
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  1. Chapter Two
  2. pp. 16-26
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  1. Chapter Three
  2. pp. 27-48
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  1. Chapter Four
  2. pp. 49-55
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  1. Chapter Five
  2. pp. 56-69
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  1. Chapter Six
  2. pp. 70-89
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  1. Chapter Seven
  2. pp. 90-100
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  1. Chapter Eight
  2. pp. 101-107
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  1. Chapter Nine
  2. pp. 108-120
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  1. Chapter Ten
  2. pp. 121-124
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  1. Chapter Eleven
  2. pp. 125-133
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  1. Chapter Twelve
  2. pp. 134-151
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  1. Chapter Thirteen
  2. pp. 152-157
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  1. Chapter Fourteen
  2. pp. 158-162
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  1. Chapter Fifteen
  2. pp. 163-177
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  1. Chapter Sixteen
  2. pp. 178-186
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  1. Chapter Seventeen
  2. pp. 187-190
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  1. Chapter Eighteen
  2. pp. 191-195
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  1. Chapter Nineteen
  2. pp. 196-214
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  1. Chapter Twenty
  2. pp. 215-219
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  1. Dedication, Biographical Note
  2. pp. 220-222
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