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CONTENTS

I ntroduction “I PAINT LIFE AS I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.” 4 C hapter O ne LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER 23 C hapter T wo WORLD WAR I AND THE ROARING TWENTIES 39 C hapter T hree SUCCEEDING IN DEPRESSION AMERICA 65 C hapter F our THE FOUR FREEDOMS AND THE WAR YEARS 83 C hapter F ive POSTWAR AMERICA 103 C hapter S ix TURBULENT TIMES AND A ROCKWELL REVIVAL 120 E pilogue ROCKWELL’S LEGACY 141