The foundling, 1907-1939 -- The boy -- The young drifter -- The mind's journey -- Sojourn in the Rockies -- A tale of the South Pacific, 1940-1949 -- The amateur hero -- Nobody shouted "author!" -- The page and the stage -- The world in his arms, 1950-1969 -- The occasional husband -- The writer at large -- Islands in the sun -- A different drummer -- "Noiseless, patient spider" -- A traveler in Spain -- Shine, perishing Republic -- Homecoming, 1970-1997 -- One man's America -- The covenant -- The great ennobler -- New frontiers -- Portrait of the artist -- The tough old bird.
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