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• Title page and table of contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Making of a Political Consciousness
• Chapter 2. The Sidewalks as Playground
• Chapter 3. Life Leaves Grooves on Windowsills
• Chapter 4. The Games We Played
• Chapter 5. Making a Day of It
• Chapter 6. A Summer to Remember
• Chapter 7. Getting Religion on the East Side
• Chapter 8. Moving on Over
• Chapter 9. Facing a World at War
• Chapter 10. A Turn in the Road
• Chapter 11. Going West!
• Chapter 12. A Time to Live, A Time to Die
• Chapter 13. Reclaiming a Heritage
• Chapter 14. A Union Summer
• Chapter 15. A Turning Point
• Chapter 16. The Shaping of a Socialist
• Chapter 17. Up on the Co-op Farm
• Chapter 18. The Election of 1948
• Chapter 19. Saying Good-bye
• Chapter 20. Beginning at the Beginning
• Chapter 21. Reinie
• Chapter 22. The Summer of 1950
• Chapter 23. On the Line
• Chapter 24. An Adirondack Summer
• Chapter 25. Starting A New Chapter
• Chapter 26. Leaving New York Behind