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| Introduction 7 | |
| The Home Woods | p. 15 |
| childhood in the forests and fields of New England; Forbes builds a museum in the attic of his father's rectory; mentored at 15 by one of America's greatest conservationists; John starts his first public natural history museum at age 21; studies at the University of Iowa and Bowdoin College | |
| Fire and Ice | p. 41 |
| the scientist and the fundraiser; heading to the Arctic with Donald MacMillan; paying honor to a cherished mentor | |
| - Museum Man | p. 61 |
| the fine art of living on a shoestring; a rising fondness for museums among the middle class; a false start at Cornell | |
| A Whirlwind in Kansas | p. 67 |
| John refuses to take no for an answer, launching on a colossal undertaking at age 26; the children of Kansas City find a new favorite hangout; one man's enthusiasm becomes another man's irritation | |
| The Peaceful Warrior | p. 85 |
| a pacifist tries to live his ideals in a time of world war; reimagining the role of museums for a post-war America; Army Private John Ripley Forbes offers outdoor adventures for children in the South, including the first nature museums for black children; a growing number of cities decide that a nature museum for kids is just what they need | |
| Borrowing Petunia | p. 119 |
| Forbes in California, freshly married and at the height of his game; the media falls in love with animal lending libraries; American children begin going inside, trading time in the park or the woods for television; sounding the alarm about natural treasures being lost to development | |
| To Serve and Protect | p. 143 |
| John pays homage to his favorite childhood haunt by saving its natural wonders; mission impossible at Stonedam Island; creating children's outdoor centers in urban and suburban Georgia; celebrating nature with poor kids in New York City | |
| Pot Patch to Park | p. 165 |
| a politically savvy septuagenarian takes on the feds to save a precious slice of Atlanta; sailing to the Antarctic; the second shipwreck of John's life, this time part of the worst oil spill in the region's history; coming back home with a new cause | |
| The Final Forest | p. 179 |
| The city of Sandy Springs, in north Atlanta, teams up with John Ripley Forbes to save a precious slice of woodland; a dizzying hustle for money; paying tribute to a life well lived | |
| Epilogue | p. 195 |
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