Preface
Introduction
The scent of war
La Nouvelle-Orléans
"Abandoned to lewdness"
"That barbaric throb"
Rex, Comus, and the war's approach
Answering Behrman's call
"Buy bonds or bye bye liberty"
"First I want to handle reverse gear"
"Neither hyphens nor slackers among us"
"We were among wolves"
Hunting witches: the American protective league
New Orleans: no "puritan mother"
Suffrage: "hearing the click"
Wielding the "sword of righteousness"
Epilogue.