OK : the improbable story of America's greatest word

Preface . . ix
1. Introduction: The ABCs of OK . . 1
2. A Saturday Morning in Boston . . 28
3. 1840: Old Kinderhook Is OK . . 40
4. Hoax: Andrew Jackson's Misspelling . . 56
5. Aesthetics: The Look and Sound of OK . . 76
6. False Origins . . 80
7. The Business of OK . . 96
8. O.K. Clubs . . 117
9. The Literary OK .  123
10. Oklahoma Is OK . . 143
11. Okey-Dokey . . 147
12. Modern OK Literature . . 157
13. The Practical OK . . 166
14. The World—and England . . 171
15. The Lifemanship OK . . 182
16. The Psychological OK . . 185
17. The American Philosophy . . 196
Index . . 199