Prologue : New Year's Day, 1907
Part one : 1858-1886. The very small person
The mind, but not the body
The man with the morning in his face
The swell in the dog cart
The political hack
The cyclone Assemblyman
The fighting cock
The dude from New York
The honorable gentleman from the Twenty-First
The Delegate At Large
The cowboy of the present
The four-eyed maverick
The long arm of the law
The next mayor of New York
Interlude : Winter of the blue snow, 1886-1887
Part two : 1887-1901. The literary feller
The silver plated Reform Commissioner
The dear old beloved brother
The universe spinner
The biggest man in New York
The snake in the grass
The glorious retreat
The hot weather Secretary
The Lieutenant Colonel
The Rough Rider
The wolf rising in the heart
The most famous man in America
The boy governor
The man of destiny
Epilogue : September 1901.