Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
pt. 1. A perfect rush : 1823-1847
1. Home, sweet home
2. Go West, young man
3. Learned pig, learned Dan
4. "Circus"
5. Clown to the ring
pt. 2. One-horse show : 1848-1852
6. Spalding and Spicy Rose
7. Reading, not acting clown
8. Foreclosure
9. One-horse story
10. Like a phoenix
11. Alternating ringmasters
12. Curses, foiled again!
pt. 3. The great American humorist : 1853-1856
13. The Barnum of New Orleans
14. See the elephant
15. People's choice
16. $100,000
17. Bearded in his den
18. Dan Rice's great show
19. Servis renderd
20. Hey, rube!
pt. 4. "Something higher" : 1856-1860
21. Cabinet of curiosities
22. Genius for fun
23. Excelsior!
24. Daniel McLaren
25. Grammatical assassin?
26. The end?
27. Ring cycle
pt. 5. The people's candidate : 1860-1867
28. House divided
29. Southern sympathy
30. Union, alias peace
31. A muted voice
32. "Colonel" Rice
33. Rice for president
pt. 6. Reverse of success : 1868-1883
34. Folly to fight
35. Paris pavilion
36. Is life worth living?
pt. 7. Old Uncle Dan : 1884-1900
37. More fun than you can count
38. Snake oil
39. Honest Abe's Uncle Sam
Notes
Bibliography
Permissions
Index.