Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Preface ix
Chapter 1 "An Apollo in Form": Coming of Age in the Nation's Capital, 1835-1861 1
Chapter 2 "The Great Work of Improving and Beautifying Our Beloved City": First Steps in Business and Political Leadership, 1862-1865 26
Chapter 3 "We Want an Honest Board of Commissioners and No Broken-down Political Demagogues": Building His Business and Political Base for Civic Reform, 1865-1868 43
Chapter 4 "The Necessity for a Change in the Form of Government for This District": Promoting Territorial Government, 1869-1870 63
Chapter 5 "A Practical Experiment": Achieving Territorial Government, 1870-1871 77
Chapter 6 "Improvements Must Go On": The Board of Public Works, 1871 96
Chapter 7 "More Work of Improvement Was Undertaken at Once Than Was Wise": Meeting Opposition to the Board of Public Works, 1872 116
Chapter 8 "They Must Have a Republican Boss Tweed for Campaign Purposes": A Troubled Territorial Governor, 1873-1874 135
Chapter 9 "A Free Man Once More": Bankruptcy and Preparations to Move to Mexico, 1874-1880 157
Chapter 10 "A Life of Labor and Extreme Simplicity": Seeking El Dorado in Batopilas, 1880-1882 179
Chapter 11 "Anxieties, Expenses, Delays, and Losses": Journey's End, 1882-1902 202
Chapter 12 "The Law of Necessity": Denouement and Final Assessments 224
Acknowledgments 235
Note on Primary Sources 239
Index 243