I. Portrait of a senator -- II. The prairie politician -- III. California -- IV. The titans' last stand -- V. The triumph of the Little Giant -- VI. The first defeat -- VII. The race for the Pacific -- VIII. The coming of the storm -- IX. Riding the tempest -- X. In the light of history -- XI. A realist in an emotional age -- XII. The Black Republicans -- XIII. Bleeding Kansas -- XIV. The pendulum swings back -- XV. The second effort -- XVI. Nearing...