IntroductionPart I. Saints and Sinners1. The Last Vaudevillian: Red Skelton 2. Hubris: Bobby Knight 3. Odd Bodkin4. D.C. Riddle5. The Hoosier General: Lewis B. Hershey and the Selective Service 6. Herbie Wirth 7. Inner Vision: Amish HealerPart II. Complicated Places8. A Fair of the Heart9. A Surprising Utopia10. Architecture and Community11. The Song of IndianaPart III. Culinary Delights12. 'Cook Good, Server Generously, Price Modestly': The Shapiro's Story13. She's the Cheese 14. Strange Brew15. Market Daze: Bloomington's Farmer's Market16. Pawpaw Redux17. Tibetan New Year Celebration18. Lair of the Turtle Soup: a Culinary TraditionPart IV. Artists and Their Craft19. This Rash Adventure: Ezra Pound at Wabash College 20. Erotica Whose Purpose Was Scholarly: Kinsey Institute Art Exhibit 21. Gargoyles and other Pagans22. Crossroads of American Sculpture23. The Stuff of Legend: Indiana and the Empire State Building Part VI. The Present Past24. John Dillinger's Funeral25. Twist the Tiger's Tail 26. That's It: Prohibition, 1918-1933 27. Black-Gold Era's Luxurious Perch: Evansville Petroleum Club28. Lions, Tigers, High Wires29. Conflict and Conciliation30. Taliban in Indiana 31. War Fare CreditsIndex

A dazzling tour of Indiana's most fascinating landmarks and icons, Douglas Wissing's book doesn't have a dull page. This is the perfect primer for understanding what makes Indiana special, and why so many Hoosiers have enlivened American life with everything from circuses to song.