Table of Contents

Seeds of Darkness 9

1 1787 15

2 Heading West 34

3 Like a Mighty River 53

4 “On the Stretch for God” 75

5 Needles of Light 98

6 “Don't Give Up the Ship!” 131

7 The Dawn's Early Light 153

8 The Last Puritan 180

9 Chief Justice 203

10 A House Dividing 230

11 “A Fire Bell in the Night” 252

12 Old Hickory 287

13 New Wine, New Wineskins 316

14 “From Sea to Shining Sea” 337

15 “Remember the Alamo!” 376

16 Sounding Forth the Trumpet 397

Epilogue: 1837 425

Notes 435

Bibliography 453

Index 467