Table of Contents

Cover 2
Title Page 5
Copyright 6
Dedication 7
PART ONE / The Bubble 11
1: The Less Flattering Version 13
2: Sun Valley 17
3: Creatures of Habit 31
4: Warren, What’s Wrong? 37
PART TWO / The Inner Scorecard 41
5: The Urge to Preach 43
6: The Bathtub Steeplechase 49
7: Armistice Day 56
8: A Thousand Ways 62
9: Inky Fingers 69
10: True Crime Stories 83
11: Pudgy She Was Not 87
12: Silent Sales 93
13: The Rules of the Racetrack 101
14: The Elephant 106
15: The Interview 116
16: Strike One 122
17: Mount Everest 130
18: Miss Nebraska 139
19: Stage Fright 148
PART THREE / The Racetrack 157
20: Graham-Newman 159
21: The Side to Play 169
22: Hidden Splendor 177
23: The Omaha Club 192
24: The Locomotive 198
25: The Windmill War 207
26: Haystacks of Gold 212
27: Folly 222
28: Dry Tinder 233
29: What a Worsted Is 240
30: Jet Jack 246

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 31: The Scaffold Sways the Future 253
32: Easy, Safe, Profitable, and Pleasant 260
33: The Unwinding 267
PART FOUR / Susie Sings 278
34: Candy Harry 280
35: The Sun 290
36: Two Drowned Rats 299
37: Newshound 306
38: Spaghetti Western 314
39: The Giant 323
40: How Not to Run a Public Library 335
41: And Then What? 349
42: Blue Ribbon 362
PART FIVE / The King of Wall Street 373
43: Pharaoh 375
44: Rose 385
45: Call the Tow Truck 395
46: Rubicon 402
47: White Nights 419
48: Thumb-Sucking, and Its Hollow-Cheeked Result 431
49: The Angry Gods 455
50: The Lottery 468
51: To Hell with the Bear 483
52: Chickenfeed 494
PART SIX / Claim Checks 506
53: The Genie 508
54: Semicolon 511
55: The Last Kay Party 519
56: By the Rich, for the Rich 526
57: Oracle 536
58: Buffetted 548
59: Winter 556
60: Frozen Coke 561
61: The Seventh Fire 569
62: Claim Checks 581
63: The Crisis 594
64: The Snowball 617
Notes 623
A Personal Note About Research 751
Photo Credits and Permissions 752
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Acknowledgments 753
About the Author 755
Photo Insert 756

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