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draft of a book later published as
Thornton Chase: The First American Bahá'í
(Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 2001)

  
    CONTENTS  
      
          Illustrations   (not included)    
          Preface    
          Introduction    
              
       1   A Farewell    
       2   New England Roots      
              
    Part One: Religion is Life (1847-1894)  
      
       3   Childhood Years (1847-63)    
       4   The Civil War    
       5   Postwar Years    
       6   Vision    
       7   Wilderness    
       8   Pueblo    
       9   Denver    
       10  California      
              
    Part Two: Life is Love (1894-1909)  
      
       11  The Search Ends    
       12  Early Years as a Bahá'í (1895-98)    
       13  Years of Testing, 1898-1900    
       14  Leadership    
       15  Organizer    
       16  Pilgrimage    
       17  A New Name    
       18  The Bahá'í Revelation    
       19  Los Angeles      
                
    Part Three: Love is God (1910-12)    
      
       20  Final Years (1910-12)    
       21  Thábit    
                
          Appendix One: The Thornton Chase Papers    
                
          Notes   (not included)    
          Index to Places   (not included)    
          General Index   (not included)