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Contents

The White Buffalo

PART ONE: SUMMER

The Grotesques

La Maestra I

Secrets

An American Story I

PART TWO: FALL

Willard's Diary

Prairie Passions

Concerning the Old Man

Concerning the Country Woman

Concerning the Night Man I

The Land

Uptown

La Maestra II

An American Story II

PART THREE: WINTER

Willard's Diary

Part I: The Night of the Templeton Rye

Al Capone's Whiskey

Concerning the Night Man II

Part II: Lust, Love, Money, Crime

Naked Pioneers and Copulating Stallions

Book 'Em Dano

Concerning the Tater-Tot Casserole Boy

Love Across Lines

Concerning the Banker

Concerning the Prosecutor

Opposition

Life in a Small Town

The Ghost and Wal-Mart Present

The Ghost Speaks

La Maestra III

Homeland and the Heartland

PART FOUR: SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER

Willard's Diary

Dead Donna

The Festival

Fame

Concerning the Meth Freak

Concerning the Blue-Collar Couple

Concerning Kate Swift: She Reveals a Truth About Denison

An American Story III

La Maestra IV

They Shoot Buffalo, Don't They?

The Buffalo Triumphs

Acknowledgments

About the Authors