BOOK I:   THE DELEHANTY-SULLIVAN-KINSMAN SIDE

The Seven Sullivan's . . . Genevieve . . . the Delehanty's . . . Jennie and Cornelius . . . Jennie . . . Ella and Frank . . . Frank Musters In . . . Frank is Injured . . . Ella's Baby . . . to Minnesota . . . Divorce . . . Frank's Philandering . . . Seeking Ella . . . Burr Oak Kinsman's . . . Cornelius . . . Fleeing the Famine . . . Nordeast Minneapolis . . . the House . . . Seven Siblings . . . Uncle Tim the Jailbird . . . Cornelius's Rule . . . Memories of Uncle Ed . . . Catastrophe . . . Uncle Ed's Foolishness . . . Dolly and Bernard . . . Hard Times . . . Gen and Aunt Grace . . . Pet Phrases . . . Betty's Wisdom . . . a Breakthrough . . . Ella . . . Ellen's Life . . . Falling for Frank . . . Nellie the Cook . . . Love-Lines . . . before Ellen . . . to the 1500s . . . a Thank-You . . . Bloodlines

BOOK II:  THE SCHROEDER SIDE

Harry's Family . . . R.G. . . .Wilhelm and Bertha . . . William's Complaints . . . His Disabilities . . . an Interpretation . . . Harold and R.G.

BOOK III:  ELLEN AND BEFORE

The Green Mountains . . . The War of 1812 . . . to Chemung County . . . George and Mary . . . Mary Eaton's 96th Year . . . Mary Paige . . . Essex County . . . Seven Generations . . . Windows on the Past . . . Milo the Louse and the Meaning of Family . . . Sheldon's Funeral . . . Nellie's Absence . . . Hauling Stone with Emerson Smith . . . Illness and Death . . . No Looking Back . . . Asenath's Heartache . . . Eliza Tuthill . . . Into the Mists . . . a Well-Guarded Secret . . . Final Farewell

BOOK IV:  HAROLD AND BETTY

Poised for a Ride . . . on the Dance Floor . . . Wedding Bells . . . Early Years . . . Schroeder the Caddy and the True Story of Peanuts . . . A Passion for Golf . . . Moving About . . . 8066 Ruth Street . . . Woods, Fields, and Water . . . Harry the Builder . . . Memories Bulldozed . . . Matt Dillon . . . Matt & Lucy . . . Matt as an Old Man . . . a Room of Her Own . . . Grandma's Spells . . . Uncle Ed . . . to Highland . . . R.G. . . . a Giant Wood Envelope . . . an Insoluble Problem . . . a Horrid Solution . . . Burgers with Grandma . . . Till the Next Life

BOOK V:  MORE SHOCKING SURPRISES AND MIND-BENDING MYSTERIES (POSTSCRIPT)

Bloodlines . . . John Delehanty . . . Ellen & Frank . . . Final Thoughts

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