On Green Spring Farm: The Life and Times of One Family in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1942-1966

by Straight, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780934160056
• ISBN10: 0934160058
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Blue Wind Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
Settling In	1	(3)
In Brief Possession	4	(5)
Off to The War	9	(3)
The Dublin Conference	12	(2)
The American Veterans Committee	14	(5)
Henry	19	(7)
Back at Green Spring Farm	26	(1)
The 1948 Campaign	27	(3)
A Sunday Pilot I	30	(2)
Painters and Critics	32	(2)
Growing Up at Green Spring Farm	34	(2)
In The Political Trenches	36	(2)
A Sunday Pilot II	38	(6)
Felix	44	(2)
On Tour for The American Veterans Committee	46	(5)
Growing Up at Green Spring Farm	51	(1)
Snakes, Spiders And Lizards	52	(2)
The Sadness of Dogs	54	(1)
Gustavo	55	(3)
In the Hospaw	58	(1)
``If I Die Before I Wake''	59	(1)
Tom Corcoran on Harry Truman	60	(2)
An Evening at the Durrs	62	(5)
A Sunday Pilot III	67	(3)
A Plea for Gustavo	70	(3)
A Men's Excursion	73	(3)
``Are the Dead Ones Alive?''	76	(2)
Christmastime on Green Spring Farm	78	(2)
Remembrance of Things Past	80	(2)
Summertime, 1952	82	(2)
Adlai Stevenson	84	(1)
Inviting Doctor Dolittle	85	(1)
Where Susie Came From	86	(3)
Visitors	89	(3)
The Starling	92	(2)
Susie's Story	94	(2)
Charles Tobey	96	(2)
``It Is More Blessed To Give''	98	(2)
A Part of the Times	100	(2)
Dinosaurs	102	(2)
Senator John McClellan	104	(2)
Going to Church	106	(1)
The Green Spring / Menemsha Gazette	107	(4)
A Talk with J.R.R. Tolkien	111	(4)
April at Green Spring Farm	115	(1)
Dina's Story	116	(2)
Striganov	118	(5)
A Dinner at Green Spring Farm	123	(7)
``Yes, I Will Marry Him....''	130	(1)
Susie and Dina on CBS	131	(2)
A Brush with Death	133	(9)
A Sunday Pilot IV	142	(3)
Back Home with Dina	145	(5)
The Right to Life	150	(1)
Mike's Record Catch	151	(2)
Dorothy	153	(1)
Cybernetics	154	(1)
Smells	155	(1)
Mister Hooley	156	(1)
Charades	157	(1)
Dina and the Kennedys	158	(2)
Who Bought Me?	160	(1)
A Fearsome Beast	161	(1)
``What Color Are Our Hands?''	162	(1)
The Bra	163	(1)
A Glass of Water	164	(3)
Leo Szilard and the Steer	167	(2)
The Jenny	169	(3)
The Last of Mister Hooley	172	(1)
The Friends of Dina Straight	173	(1)
The Community Swimming Pool	174	(1)
Our Portrait of James Monroe	175	(8)
Battling the Government	183	(3)
A Guessing Game	186	(3)
How the World Began	189	(2)
A Broken Arm	191	(4)
At the White House	195	(2)
Flexible Families	197	(1)
An Assassination in Jackson	198	(4)
``Thank Goodness I'm Not Pregnant''	202	(1)
Nixon	203	(2)
Mike in Mississippi	205	(3)
Lassoing the Morning	208	(1)
John F. Kennedy	209	(2)
``Hi Dina!''	211	(2)
Endurance	213	(2)
Hickory, Come Home!	215	(4)
Green Spring Farm:	219	(2)
The Washington Post	221	(2)
How the World Began	223	(2)
How Wonderful Life Is	225	(1)
Election Day, 1964	226	(1)
A Tuft of Hair	227	(1)
Dorothy on NBC	228	(3)
Bin at Selma	231	(6)
Dorothy in Love	237	(1)
``Herman, I Love You''	238	(2)
Long-haired Guinea Pigs	240	(1)
``Do You Still Love Me?''	241	(2)
Dina Takes a Stand	243	(3)
Dina on Modern Art	246	(2)
More on Long-haired Guinea Pigs	248	(1)
Goodbye to Green Spring Farm	249	(4)
Photographs	253	(1)
Individuals Mentioned in the Text	254	(2)
About the Author	256