PROLOGUE An Invented Life
1
PART ONE Clarence King and Ada Copeland
1 Becoming Clarence King
13
2 King of the West
47
3 Becoming Ada Copeland
71
4 King of the City
97
PART TWO James and Ada Todd
5 New Beginnings
131
6 Family Lives
158
7 Breakdowns
185
8 Endings
212
PART THREE Ada King
9 On Her Own
247
10 The Trial
277
EPILOGUE
Secrets
302
Acknowledgments
307
Notes
313
Index
359