Pauley family lineage -- Pioneers on the Russian frontier -- A new life on the Great Plains -- Education, travel, and the Great Depression -- War, peace, and prosperity -- The audacity of youth -- From Grinnell to Vienna and back -- The ordeal of graduate school -- Romance and marriage -- Seven months of bliss -- Three jobs in three years -- Publishing and perishing -- From the frying pan into the fire -- Hitler and the forgotten Nazis -- Assessing anti-semitism -- Hot on the trail of the Cold War -- Phasing out -- Reflections.