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PART ONE: 1899-1919: "I Had a Wonderful Novel to Write About Oak Park";A Peculiar Idea; A Land of Magic; The Championship Game. PART TWO: 1919-1923:Rejection Slips; "The World's a Jail and We're Going to Break It Together";Americans in Paris; Dragons' Teeth; Sports. PART THREE: 1923-1926: "Nick inthe Stories Was Never Himself"; "We Have More Fun Together All the Time";Harold and Horace, Scott and Zelda; Betrayals; Double Meanings. PART FOUR:1926-1936: "I Loved Her Fine"; A Hollow Man; Mens Morbida in Corpore Sano;The Big Out; The Spanish Tragedy; "Book Selling Like Frozen Daiquiris inHell"; Combined Operations. PART SIX: 1945-1961: Horrors; "How Do You Like ItNow, Gentlemen?"; "The Country Is Beautiful Around Here". Acknowledgements;Notes; Bibliography; Index.