Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David R. Francis Book

	Forword	vii
	Prologue	ix
Book 1
Chapter 1	The Dark and Bloody Ground	1
Chapter 2	Down Along the Levee	15
Chapter 3	The Fourth City	25
Chapter 4	Entering the Political Arena	39
Chapter 5	The Boy Mayor	47
Chapter 6	The Youngest Governor	67
Chapter 7	The Crucible of Silver	83
Chapter 8	The Big Cinch	103
Chapter 9	He Invited the World	129
Chapter 10	The New American	147
Chapter 11	After the Lights Went Out	161
Book 2
Chapter 12	A Missouri Democrat in Tsarist Russia	179
Chapter 13	The Gathering Storm	199
Chapter 14	The First Revolution	217
Chapter 15	A Continuing Disorderly Meeting	235
Chapter 16	The Second Revolution	251
Chapter 17	Lenin Takes Control	269
Chapter 18	Leaving Petrograd	291
Chapter 19	The New Diplomatic Capital	309
Chapter 20	High-Stakes Poker	329
Chapter 21	Into the North	349
Chapter 22	Who Lost Russia?	375
Chapter 23	The Final Years	391
	Epilogue	405
	Endnotes	415
	Bibliography	439
	Abbreviations	447
	Index	449