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Contents List of Maps ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Chapter 1 “Danger Was All That Thrilled Him” 7 Chapter 2 Reaching for the Skies 30 Chapter 3 Breakthrough 60 Chapter 4 Triumph 101 Chapter 5 Hero 144 Chapter 6 Celebrity 169 Chapter 7 The Secret Land 181 Chapter 8 Southward 215 Chapter 9 Zenith 249 Chapter 10 Politico 284 Chapter 11 Jeopardy 313 Chapter 12 Breakdown 343 Chapter 13 Stumbling 384 Chapter 14 Recovery 405 Chapter 15 “Ever a Fighter So” 431 Notes 463 Selected Bibliography 515 Index 521 vii ...

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