Table of Contents
Epigraph v
Dedication vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Chapter 1 The Beginning 1
Chapter 2 The Lithuanian Book Ban 5
Chapter 3 The Wedding 11
Chapter 4 Challenges and Events 15
Chapter 5 Life in the Village of Gruzdziai 21
Chapter 6 Education behind Closed Doors 26
Chapter 7 Politics and Periodicals 37
Chapter 8 Lithuanian Educators and Clergy 40
Chapter 9 Uzgavenes (Lithuania's Mardi Gras) 48
Chapter 10 Velykos (Easter) 52
Chapter 11 The Twelve Days of Christmas 62
Chapter 12 Leaving Home 69
Chapter 13 Life in Steerage 75
Chapter 14 Land, Land, America! 83
Chapter 15 A New Family and a New Life 87
Chapter 16 The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 91
Chapter 17 The Family Grows and Moves 95
Chapter 18 The Democratic National Convention of 1912 103
Chapter 19 Horses, Taxis, Streetcars, and Markets 106
Chapter 20 Celebrations in Early Baltimore 110
Chapter 21 World War I 114
Chapter 22 Lithuania Declares Independence 119
Chapter 23 The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 125
Chapter 24 Death 136
Chapter 25 Epilogue 140
Appendix 143
Timeline for Lithuania 145
Lithuania Quick Facts 150
Lithuania's Flag 152
Glossary 155
References 160
