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Tables of Contents for Always in Pursuit
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: Blues to You, Part III
3
8
PART ONE. To Throw an Arm Around Life and Move with It: An Overture in Themes
11
30
Blues for Tommorrow: A Gathering of Commentaries on Our American Condition
13
28
PART TWO. A Number One Himself: Reflections on a Master
41
26
Duke Ellington: Transcontinental Swing
43
24
PART THREE. Celebrity Nudes: Bloodshed, Sex, and Narcissism
67
44
Truth Crushed to Earth
69
9
The Dardenilla Dilemma: Selling Hostile Chocolate and Vanilla Animus
78
16
The Dream Was Not in Place
94
3
Blues for Three Widows
97
5
The Huffing and Puffing Military Blues
102
4
The King of Narcissism
106
5
PART FOUR. Regarding Books: Homeric or Not?
111
78
Two on the Money
114
3
Bible Belt Greco-Roman Blues: The Shadow of the Negro
117
11
The Blues Is the Accompaniment
128
4
Some Words about Albert Murray: Universal Counterpoint from the Bass Clef
132
47
Somebody Knew
179
10
PART FIVE. Foreign Intrigue: Some Dateline Ganders and Musings
189
28
Downstairs Blues Upstairs
191
3
World War II at Fifty
194
3
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
197
3
Who's Sorry Now?
200
3
Patty-Cake with Blood
203
3
Forgotten Girl-Slave Blues
206
3
Whose Business Is Our Business?
209
3
Trouble in the East
212
5
PART SIX. Up from the Grim: Transitional Speculation, Ron Brown, and a Christmas Card
217
20
Who Will Enjoy the Shadow of Whom?
219
9
Meditation on Ron Brown, in Two Parts
228
5
Spirits Spun in Gold
233
4
PART SEVEN. Images of Light in Dark Rooms: Some Cinematic Achievements
237
52
Two Out of Three: Reinventing Americana
243
9
Blues at the Gallows Pole
252
3
The Radio Play Goes Public as the Sit-down Raises Up
255
10
The Nutty Professor
265
3
Bull Feeney Plays the Blues: John Ford and the Meaning of Democracy
268
21
PART EIGHT. Shout-Chorus on the Way Out: How Dare We Do All the Things We Dare to Do?
289
22
Blues to Be Redefined
291
20
Index
311