Book I: My first winter in Chicago
In the footsteps of General Grant
The choice of the new daughter
The new daughter and Thanksgiving
We tour the Oklahoma prairie
Standing rock and Lake McDonald
Book II: A summer in the high country
The old pioneer takes the back trail
New life in the old house
The fairy world of childhood
The old soldier gains a granddaughter
"Cavanagh" and the "Winds of destiny"
The old homestead suffers disaster
A soldier of the union mustered out.
