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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter . Saga’s Beginning  . Drobak, Norway, to New Orleans  . New Orleans to Nacogdoches  . Nacogdoches to Brownsboro  . Four Mile Prairie  . In Defense of Texas  . Church, God, and Intellect  . Civil War  . Death  . Escape from Sorrow  . Dickerson’s Trial  . Beating Hard Times  . Final Victory  . Departure  Appendix: Dickerson Indictment  Notes  Bibliography  Index  ...

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