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Contents Preface vu Prologue: "Yes, Alfred William Lawson is God's great eternal gift to man" XUl Port One: Seedtime of a Self-mode Man 1. Childhood Days 4 2. The Magic Man of Baseball 19 3. Born Again 39 Port Two: Fanning the Aeronautical Blaze 57 4. Aircraft Industry Builder 60 5. The Columbus of the Air 84 Port Three: From Aviator to Avatar 11 1 6. The Wizard of Reason and the Origin of Lawsonomy 114 7. The New Emancipator and His Perfect Economic Plan 128 8. The Man of Destiny and the Direct Credits Crusade 143 9. The First Knowledgian and the Upgrading of Humanity 183 Port Four: Utopia in Des Moines 201 10. Toward the Self-perpetuating Social Body 203 11. Alma Mater of the New Species 223 12. Collapsing Equaeverpoise 247 vi Part Five: Lowsonian Legacies 13. The Last Knowledgians 14. Lawson and America Notes and Sources Index CONTENTS 279 333 ...

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