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Notes on Crooked Cucumber Index

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Just setting this up as I have time. Almost nothing filled in yet. Come back later. - dc

The text needs to be cleaned up - there are many breaks where words were divided where they need to be reconnected for instance.
Front Matter - cover, title, also by, copyright page, epigraph, contents

Introduction    

part one                          JAPAN 1904–1959

Chapter One                    Childhood   1904–1916                              3

Chapter Two                    Master and Disciple   1916–1923              16

Chapter Three                 Higher Education   1924–1930                 39

Chapter Four                   Great Root Monasteries   1930–1932       63

Chapter Five                    Temple Priest   1932–1939                      77

Chapter Six                     Wartime   1940–1945                              92

Chapter Seven                 The Occupation   1945–1952                 116

Chapter Eight                  Family and Death   1952–1956              137

Chapter Nine                   An Opening   1956–1959                       153

 

Crooked Cucumber Insert - PDF - the photo section in the book - JPEGs (better)

 

part two                          AMERICA 1959–1971

Chapter Ten                    A New Leaf   1959                               165

Chapter Eleven                Bowing   1960                                      187

Chapter Twelve               Sangha   1961–1962                             205

Chapter Thirteen             Journeys   1963–1964                           228

Chapter Fourteen             Taking Root   1965–1966                      252

Chapter Fifteen               Tassajara   1967–1968                          281

Chapter Sixteen               The City   1968–1969                          306

Chapter Seventeen          One and Many   1969–1970                   335

Chapter Eighteen             The Driver   1971                                 362

Chapter Nineteen             Final Season: Autumn   1971                386

Epilogue                                                412

 [End Matter]

Notes on the Text and Pronunciation         416

Acknowledgments                                 417

Sources                                              420    

Bibliography                                        424

Glossary                                             427

Here's a list of Japanese and Buddhist terms from Crooked Cucumber - not defined

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