Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction (Michael Shermer)
Preface (Chris Edwards)
Foreword (Charles Bufe)
Publisher's Note
1. America
On Being an American
The Sahara of the Bozart
The American Tradition
From the Memoirs of a Subject of the United States
The Land of the Free
Two Wasted Lives
2. Politics
On Government
In Memoriam W.J.B.
The Dry Millennium
Justice Under Democracy
The Politician
The Dismal Science
3. Quacks & Hoaxes
The Foundations of Quackery
Chiropractic
Eugenics
A Neglected Anniversary

Melancholy Reflections
4. Culture
The Genealogy of Etiquette
Education
Types of Men
The Crowd
Opera
Under the Elms
5. Journalism
The American Magazine
A Gang of Pecksniffs
H.L. Mencken, by Himself
6. Literature
Portrait of an Immortal Soul
Jack London
Joseph Conrad
The Bugaboo
Friedrich Nietzsche
Ambrose Bierce
The Man Within
7. Sex & Morality
The Blushful Mystery
Reflections on Human Monogamy
Birth Control
Rondo on an Ancient Theme
8. Religion
High and Ghostly Matters
Protestantism in the Republic
Sister Aimee

The Hills of Zion
Bibliography
Index