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A Christmas Carol | |
The Offer | p. 3 |
Mr. B. Virdot's Story: The Suitcase | p. 13 |
In Consideration of the White Collar Man | |
A Man of Means | p. 35 |
Blizzard | p. 50 |
Hello Bill | p. 60 |
Gassed | p. 70 |
Mr. B. Virdot's Story: The Promise | p. 78 |
The Bread of Tomorrow | |
Beginning Again | p. 87 |
Grief | p. 91 |
Bad Company: | p. 96 |
A Lynching | p. 104 |
Legacy of Lies | p. 115 |
Mr. B. Virdot's Story: The Crossing | p. 121 |
If I Would Accept Charity | |
Oppression | p. 135 |
Sooner Starve | p. 141 |
Dandelions and Pencils | p. 146 |
Shame | p. 149 |
The Seeds of Resentment | p. 152 |
Left Behind | p. 161 |
Gumption | p. 165 |
So Little for Women | p. 174 |
Mr. B. Virdot's Story: A Foreigner No Longer | p. 182 |
Families: The Crisis That Brought Them Closer | |
"As Good as the Best" | p. 200 |
The Pump | p. 206 |
Plantation | p. 213 |
Asylum | p. 224 |
Families: The Crisis That Pulled Them Apart | |
Black Hand Gang | p. 235 |
Defeated | p. 246 |
Nomad | p. 251 |
Mr. B. Virdot's Story: Betrayal | p. 258 |
An Opportunity to Help | |
A Dog Named Jack | p. 273 |
The Milk of Human Kindness | p. 277 |
"Too Big-Hearted" | p. 284 |
Shipmates | p. 289 |
Doctors | p. 293 |
Mr. B. Virdot's Story: A Second Gift, 1940 | p. 297 |
A Merry and Joyful Christmas | |
The Doll | p. 312 |
A Special Time | p. 318 |
The Pony | p. 322 |
The Unexpected | p. 328 |
Mr. B. Virdot's Story: The Bridge | p. 332 |
True Circumstances | |
Final Reflections | p. 337 |
Epilogue: Canton Revisited | p. 340 |
Postscript | p. 347 |
Acknowledgments | p. 351 |
Author's Note | p. 354 |
Mr. B. Virdot: A Timeline | p. 355 |
Index | p. 360 |
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