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Acknowledgments | p. v |
Prologue | p. xvii |
Synopses | p. 1 |
Outlander | p. 3 |
Dragonfly in Amber | p. 15 |
Voyager | p. 47 |
Drums of Autumn | p. 83 |
Characters | p. 127 |
Where Characters Come From: Mushrooms, Onions, and Hard Nuts | p. 129 |
Cast of Characters | p. 143 |
I Get Letters... | p. 177 |
Horoscope Reading for James Fraser, Horoscope Chart | p. 182 |
Horoscope Reading for Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser, Horoscope Chart | p. 187 |
Magic, Medicine, and White Ladies | p. 191 |
Family Trees | p. 203 |
A Genealogical Note | p. 227 |
Comprehensive Glossary and Pronunciation Guide | p. 233 |
A Very Brief Guide to Gaelic Grammar | p. 236 |
Comprehensive Glossary of Foreign Terms (including British slang) | p. 238 |
Outlandish Web Sites and Online Venues | p. 255 |
The Web Sites | p. 257 |
The Diana Gabaldon Home Page | p. 257 |
LOL--The Ladies (and Lads) of Lallybroch | p. 258 |
Through the Stones | p. 261 |
The Outlandish Timeline | p. 262 |
Clan Outlandish on AOL | p. 262 |
The Free Gallery of Authors' Voices | p. 264 |
CompuServe Readers and Writers Ink Group | p. 265 |
Research | p. 267 |
Researching Historical Fiction: Hot Dogs and Beans | p. 269 |
Botanical Medicine: Don't Try This at Home | p. 283 |
Penicillin Online: A Writer's Thread | p. 293 |
Where Titles Come From (and Other Matters of General Interest) | p. 321 |
Outlander vs. Cross Stitch | p. 323 |
The Gabaldon Theory of Time Travel | p. 331 |
The View from Lallybroch: Objects of Vertue, Objects of Use | p. 339 |
Lallybroch | p. 341 |
"Arma virumque cano" | p. 355 |
Frequently Asked Questions | p. 359 |
Answers | p. 361 |
Controversy | p. 387 |
Communication | p. 389 |
Work in Progress: Excerpts of Future Books | p. 409 |
The Fiery Cross | p. 411 |
King, Farewell: | p. 435 |
"Surgeon's Steel" | p. 435 |
The Cannibal's Art | p. 451 |
Writing and Real Life | p. 451 |
Annotated Bibliography | p. 459 |
Eighteenth Century | p. 462 |
Scotland | p. 467 |
Medicine | p. 476 |
African Cultures | p. 481 |
Ghosts and Ghost Stories | p. 482 |
Literature | p. 482 |
Language Resources | p. 486 |
Magic | p. 488 |
Medicine (Including all Herbals) | p. 489 |
Natural History Guides and Resources | p. 493 |
North Carolina | p. 495 |
Foods and Cookery | p. 495 |
Native American Cultures and History, Etc. | p. 496 |
Rather Odd Books | p. 497 |
Miscellaneous | p. 497 |
Appendixes | p. 499 |
Errata | p. 499 |
Gaelic (Gaidhlig) Resources | p. 511 |
Poems and Quotations | p. 521 |
Roots: A Brief Primer on Genealogical Research | p. 537 |
A Brief Discography of Celtic Music | p. 549 |
Foreign Editions, Audiotapes, and Strange, Strange Covers | p. 557 |
The Methadone List | p. 569 |
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