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Foreword . . VII
Acknowledgments . . XI
Chronology . . XIII

Introduction . . 3

Chapter One - THE AMBITIOUS YOUNG CARPENTER . . 13
Chapter Two - HAYES . . 43
Chapter Three - CAPTAIN WILLIAM NICHOLS, STATE ARCHITECT OF NORTH CAROLINA . . 61
Chapter Four - THE STATE HOUSE IN RALEIGH . . 101
Chapter Five - ALABAMA . . 123
Chapter Six - LOUISIANA . . 173
Chapter Seven - THE MISSISSIPPI STATE CAPITOL AND THE OFFICE OF STATE ARCHITECT . . 185
Chapter Eight - "... ENTIRE MASTER OF His PROFESSION" . . 231

Epilogue . . 269
Notes . . 283
Bibliography . . 313
Index . . 323

Preface . . VII 
Introduction . . 3 

1. Prevenience . . 17 
2. Tupelo Homesteads: A Shelter in the Storm . . 27 
3. Dyess Colony . . 48 
4. Life and Times at Dyess . . 78 
5. Delta Cooperative Farm and the Death of a Vision . . 114 
6. Leaving Goshen . . 143 

Notes . . 147 
Bibliography . . 181 
Index . . 209