Chapter 1 of 54

By Winston Churchill

By Winston Churchill





CONTENTS


THE CRISIS

BOOK I.   

CHAPTER I.   WHICH DEALS WITH ORIGINS

CHAPTER. II.    THE MOLE

CHAPTER III.   THE UNATTAINABLE SIMPLICITY

CHAPTER IV.   BLACK CATTLE

CHAPTER V.   THE FIRST SPARK PASSES

CHAPTER VI.   SILAS WHIPPLE

CHAPTER VII.   CALLERS

CHAPTER VIII.   BELLEGARDE

CHAPTER IX.   A QUIET SUNDAY IN LOCUST STREET

CHAPTER X.   THE LITTLE HOUSE

CHAPTER XI.   THE INVITATION

CHAPTER XII.   "MISS JINNY”

CHAPTER XIII.   THE PARTY



BOOK II.   

CHAPTER I.   RAW MATERIAL

CHAPTER II.   ABRAHAM LINCOLN

CHAPTER III.   IN WHICH STEPHEN LEARNS SOMETHING

CHAPTER IV.   THE QUESTION

CHAPTER V.   THE CRISIS

CHAPTER VI.   GLENCOE

CHAPTER VII.   AN EXCURSION

CHAPTER VIII.   THE COLONEL IS WARNED

CHAPTER IX.   SIGNS OF THE TIMES

CHAPTER X.   RICHTER'S SCAR

CHAPTER XI.   HOW A PRINCE CAME

CHAPTER XII.   INTO WHICH A POTENTATE COMES

CHAPTER XIII.   AT MR. BRINSMADE'S GATE

CHAPTER XIV.   THE BREACH BECOMES TOO WIDE ABRAHAM LINCOLN!

CHAPTER, XV.   MUTTERINGS

CHAPTER XVI.   THE GUNS OF SUMTER

CHAPTER XVII.   CAMP JACKSON

CHAPTER XVIII.   THE STONE THAT IS REJECTED

CHAPTER XIX.   THE TENTH OF MAY

CHAPTER XX.   IN THE ARSENAL

CHAPTER XXI.   THE STAMPEDE

CHAPTER XXII.   THE STRAINING OF ANOTHER FRIENDSHIP

CHAPTER XXIII.   OF CLARENCE



BOOK III.   

CHAPTER I.   INTRODUCING A CAPITALIST

CHAPTER II.   NEWS FROM CLARENCE

CHAPTER III.   THE SCOURGE OF WAR

CHAPTER IV.   THE LIST OF SIXTY

CHAPTER V.   THE AUCTION

CHAPTER VI.   ELIPHALET PLAYS HIS TRUMPS

CHAPTER VII.   WITH THE ARMIES OF THE WEST

CHAPTER VIII.   A STRANGE MEETING

CHAPTER XI.   BELLEGARDE ONCE MORE

CHAPTER X.   IN JUDGE WHIPPLE'S OFFICE

CHAPTER XI.   LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT

CHAPTER XII.   THE LAST CARD

CHAPTER XIII.      FROM THE LETTERS OF MAJOR STEPHEN BRICE

CHAPTER XIV.   THE SAME, CONTINUED

CHAPTER XV.   MAN OF SORROW

CHAPTER XVI.   ANNAPOLIS

AFTERWORD.     





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