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1895: New York and Bourke Cockran, Cuba, Whizzing Bullets, and Jennie and Her Network : Wherin Churchill earns a medal and meets a lifetime mentor. -- 1898-1899: India, Sudan, and South Africa : Wherin Churchill goes to war and writes books. -- 1900-1901: First American Lecture Tour, Part 1: Planning, Then Off to America : Wherin America greets Churchill and the business of lecturing is learned the hard way. -- 1900-1901: First Lecture Tour, Part 2: Into the Hinterlands, the Other Winston Churchill, New York, and Home : Wherein churchill impresses America with his wit and Britain's Winston Churchill meets America's Winston Churchill. -- Building the American Network, Link by Link : Wherein Churchill meets and woos the "influencers" he needs for his network. -- 1929: Westward Ho, Nibbling Some Grass, the Troupe Goes to Hollywood : Wherein Churchill experiences the vastness of America from sea to shining sea. -- 1929: Winston in Tinseltown, with Hearst at His Castle at San Simeon : Wherein Churchill enjoys a winery, a forest, the Hollywood scene, and a media baron. -- 1929: Eastward Ho to Chicago, New York, a Lesson from Wall Street, and Home : Wherein Churchill visits a slaughterhouse, watches a boxing match, and suffers the loss of his speculative winnings. -- 1931-1932: Stepping Off the Curb in New York, Meets a Car, and Recuperates in Nassau : Wherein Churchill proves his resilience after an accident with the help of an understanding doctor and Nassau weather, arranges writing commissions, and resumes his lecture tour. -- 1931-1932: On the Road Again, Death Threats, Hunting Lecture Fees, and Policy Influence : Wherein Churchill lectures in cities large and small, meeting Americans and ignores death threats. -- 1931-1932: New York and the World Economic Crises, Washington to Woo Congress, More Cities in Which to Meet More Americans : Wherein Churchill addresses New York's power elite and adds to his network links, walks the corridors of power in Washington, and negotiates permission to work while vacationing -- 1931-1932: Chickamauga, Boston, a Radio Broadcast to Americans, and Home : Wherein Churchill rests on a plantation, seeks out America's young, witnesses the nation's manufacturing might, and drives a new Daimler into the Wilderness. -- 1932-1941: The Wandering Lecturer Returns to a Wilderness, Keeps His Network Intact, and Kisses Hands : Wherein Churchill backs VIII and loses when it comes up VI, scribbles furiously and moves from the wilderness to No. 10. -- 1932-1941: FDR, Luce, and Churchill's Network Take on the Isolationists : Wherein Time's Man of the Year and his network, with Roosevelt and Luce, battle the isolationists. |
