The Grandmothers

Chapters

A MEMORANDUM for the guidance of THE READER

1. INTRODUCTION: ALWYN TOWER AS A SMALL BOY. THE HOUSE. HIS GRANDMOTHER TOWER'S KEEPSAKES

2. ALWYN'S KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICA AND HIS FAMILY

3. HIS GRANDFATHER TOWER'S CHARACTER. A FRAGMENT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THE REST OF HIS LIFE

4. HIS GRANDMOTHER TOWER'S GIRLHOOD. HER SOLDIER SWEETHEART. HER MARRIAGE

5. HIS GREAT-AUNT MARY HARRIS. HER LIFE AND TRAVELS

6. HIS GREAT-AUNT NANCY TOWER'S UNHAPPINESS

7. HIS GREAT-UNCLE LEANDER TOWER'S RETURN. THE ADOPTION OF TIMOTHY DAVIS

8. THE DEAD. HIS GRANDMOTHER'S FINAL GRIEF. THE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS

9. HIS UNCLE JIM, THE MINISTER, AS A YOUNG MAN

10. HIS MOTHER'S GIRLHOOD AND MARRIAGE

11. HIS FATHER. HIS UNCLE JIM'S LATER LIFE. THE RELIGIOUS FAITH OF THE FAMILY

12. HIS UNCLE EVAN, THE DESERTER

13. HIS AUNT FLORA

14. HIS MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, IRA AND URSULA DUFF

15. CONCLUSION: ANOTHER MOVING. HIS GRANDMOTHER TOWER'S DEATHBED.