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Chapter One
The Year of the Locust
Pabianice, Duchy of Warsaw — June 1812
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Chapter Two
Frozen Ghosts
Pabianice, Duchy of Warsaw — January–February 1813
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Chapter Three
The Tsar's Manifesto
Pabianice, Duchy of Warsaw — January 1814
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Chapter Four
Kolonne
Pabianice, Duchy of Warsaw — April 1815
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Chapter Five
The Capping
Paulsberg, Bessarabia (later Kulm) — February 1816
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Chapter Six
Give Us This Day
Kulm, Bessarabia — July 1846
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Chapter Seven
A Wolf in the Hollow
Kulm, Bessarabia — April 1849
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Chapter Eight
The Same Stars
Kulm, Bessarabia — August 1853
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Chapter Nine
The Contract
Kulm, Bessarabia — November 26, 1854
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Chapter Ten
The Crossing
The Road to Odessa — February 1878
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Chapter Eleven
Wide Open Spaces
Parkston, Dakota Territory — April 1878 to June 1880
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Chapter Twelve
The Quiet Son
Parkston, Dakota Territory — 1880 to 1887
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Chapter Thirteen
In This Place We Do Not Want to Die
Hebron and Mercer County, Dakota Territory — 1886 to 1889
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Chapter Fourteen
The Hardware Store
Eureka, South Dakota — 1892 to 1899
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Chapter Fifteen
The Golden Wedding
Eureka, South Dakota — 1903 to 1905
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Chapter Sixteen
The Beloved Journeys
South Dakota and Wisconsin — 1905 to 1914
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Chapter Seventeen
The Corporal
Eureka, South Dakota and the Western Front — 1917 to 1918
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Chapter Eighteen
The Children's Hour
Eureka, South Dakota — 1919 to 1928
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Chapter Nineteen
Tante Frieda
Eureka, South Dakota — 1932 to 1934
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Chapter Twenty
Apparel Art
Eureka, South Dakota, and Cedar Falls, Iowa — 1935 to 1939
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Chapter Twenty-One
South
Cedar Falls, Iowa — Summer 1945
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Chapter Twenty-Two
Pig Feet
Daly City, California — 1971