Preface
ix
1 Coming to America
1
2 Getting to Lee Higg
15
3 The Speech
29
4 Trouble at Home
46
5 The Green Eye Shade
59
6 Poland First
70
7 Le Boom
91
8 The Match Palace
112
9 A Weekend in Germany
135
10 One Last Chance
156
11 Coming Back to America
179
12 Death in the Air
193
13 Greatness?
201
14 Coda
218
A Note on Sources and Acknowledgements
227
Bibliography
230
Notes
236
Index
263