Table of Contents

Overture:  At Ferryman’s Tavern

Part I:  TWAIN’S SECRET

Chapter 1:  THE FRENCHMAN’S STEAMBOAT

Chapter 2:  AN UNLIKELY SURVIVOR

Chapter 3:  A PRAYER DOWN BELOW

Chapter 4:  THE MERMAID IN THE HUDSON

Chapter 5:  BEAVERTON’S NEW BOOK

Chapter 6:  LAFAYETTE’S LETTER

Chapter 7:  SOUTH’S PROMISE

Chapter 8:  PEARL’S SONG

Chapter 9:   THREE PRISONERS

Chapter 10:   THE CURE FOR MERMAIDS

Chapter 11:  OLD STORIES, NEW POEMS & A ROAST HAM

Chapter 12:  THE MISSING MUSE

Part II:  CAMOMILLE

Chapter 1:  THE BEAVERTON REVELATION

Chapter 2:  INK STAINS

Chapter 3:  AMERICAN EIDOLON

Chapter 4:  ECLIPSE

Chapter 5:  ENTICEMENT

Chapter 6:  THE STRAINS OF ABSENCE

Chapter 7:  TWAIN DREAMS

Part III:  WORLD’S END

Chapter 1:  IN THE OTHER REALM

Chapter 2:  THE LOST BROTHER

Chapter 3:  A LADY BEGUILED

Chapter 4:  THE CHAINED HEART

Chapter 5:  CLEFT

Chapter 6:  SOMETHING MISSING

Chapter 7:  A TOAST FOR TWAIN

Chapter 8:  THE RUSSIAN DOLL

Chapter 9:  MEANWHILE DOWN BELOW

Chapter 10:  LAFAYETTE BREAKS FREE

Chapter 11:  LEFT HOOK

Chapter 12:  THE RINGER’S REQUITAL

Part IV:  TWAIN’S UNDOING

Chapter 1:  THE TWAIN SHALL MEET

Chapter 2:  THE SIREN’S WRATH

Chapter 3:  SAILOR TWAIN

Coda:  At Ferryman’s Tavern