Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Author's Note to the Paperback Edition -- 2. Prologue: London, July 1945 -- Part I: Green -- 1. A Top Hat, a Clean Collar, and Clean Boots, 1850-1900 -- 2. Walden, 1914-1922 -- 3. The Pen Mightier than the Pain, 1923-1930 -- Part II: Red -- 4. Beasts Royal, 1930-1934 -- 5. Catching Lightning in a Jar, 1934-1939 -- 6. Blood, Sweat, Toil, and Tears, 1940-1943 -- 7. An Irishman Is Born, 1943-1946 -- Part III: Slate -- 8. The Last Approach to the Mansion of Pluto, 1946-1947 -- 9. Moelwyn Bank, 1948-1949 -- Part IV: Azure -- 10. The Last Stronghold of Poets and Painters, 1949-1953 -- 11. The Catalans, 1953-1955 -- 12. Voyaging with Commodore Anson, 1955-1959 -- 13. Temple and Beauvoir, 1960--1966 -- 14. Master and Commander, 1967-1969 -- 15. An Epic Is Launched, 1970-1973 -- 16. Becoming Picasso, 1973-1976 -- Part V: Deep Blue -- 17. At Sea Again, 1976-1978 -- 18. Writing with Stunsails Aloft and Alow, 1978-1984 -- 19. Singing of Sir Joseph, 1985-1986 -- 20. Sailing in the Trade Winds, 1987-1990 -- Part VI: Gold -- 21. The Best Writer You Never Heard Of? 1990-1992 -- 22. The Wages of Fame, 1993-1994 -- 23. The Commodore's Second Triumphal Tour, 1995-1996 -- 24. A Night of Honor, October 11, 1996 -- Epilogue -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Copyright.