TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PROLOGUE                                                   5,650 wds                    26 pgs.

           Inciting Incidents are Presented

CHAPTER 1                                                   698 wds.                      4 pgs.

            Pre-Jamboree Meeting

CHAPTER 2                                                   1,505 wds                    6 pgs.

            Spotlight On The FUMES

CHAPTER 3 – PART 1                                  5,583 wds.                   23 pgs.

            Training At The Denver Armory. Set up camp. Meet Commissary soldier.

CHAPTER 3 – PART 2                                  4,096 wds.                   15 pgs.

            Itinerary. Carl and I play “Chicken”. Second evening bonfire on “Order of the Arrow.

CHAPTER 3 – PART 3                                  2,467 wds.                   10 pgs.

            Breaking camp. My father gives me a camera. I catch a Scorpion, my “Totem Animal.”

CHAPTER 4                                                   715 wds.                      3pgs.

            SPOTLIGHT on JAMBOREES.

CHAPTER 5                                                   6,904 wds                    28 pgs.

            RIDE THE ROCKET TO CHICAGO

CHAPTER 6                                                   1,143 wds                    4 pgs.

We sleep on the train and my thinking about photos prompts a PHOTO-LIKE DREAM MEMORY of when I was 11 and went to Europe with my family.

CHAPTER 7                                                   4,692 wds                    20 pgs

            CHICAGO. We discover “Pizza” and shoot pool at “Shorty’s Nickle A Rack.”

CHAPTER 8                                                   1,882 wds                    10 pgs

            THE CAPITOL LTD, TO D.C. AND PHILLY - Sightseeing in D.C.

CHAPTER 9   TO THE JAMBOREE

THURS., July 16                                            4,580 wds                    22 pgs.

PHILADELPHIA TO VALLEY FORGE New York Times editions report 250,000 tourists.

FRI., July 17                                                   2,785 wds                    16 pgs.

            WELCOME TO VALLEY FORGE! Opening presentation of felt bombast.

SAT., July 18                                                  3,251 wds                    17 pgs.

            HERITAGE CAMPFIRE DAY – 3,000 campfires and A.M. radio link coast-to-coast.

SUN, July 19                                                  3,070 wds                    15 pgs.

            RELIGIOUS HERITAGE DAY

MON, July 20                                                 3,844 wds                    18 pgs.

            NEW JERSEY’S 300^TH ANNIVERSARY – a big day in the story.

TUES., July 21                                               2,824 wds                    12 pgs.

            ORDER OF THE ARROW EXCLUSIVE POW-WOW – 15,000 Arrow Men plus guests.

WED., July 22                                                4,072 wds                    15 pgs.

            BREAKFAST SNAFU. PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON speaks.

THURS., July 23                                            3,667 wds                    15 pgs.

            FREE DAY – MERIT BADGE ACTION. The Bear Patrol climbs the Triumphal Arch.

FRI., July 24                                                   717 wds                       4 pgs.

            JAMBOREE RADIO reports our FINAL DAY! CLOSING PERFORMANCE.

SAT., July 25                                                  703 wds                       4 pgs.

            BREAKING CAMP. SUDDENLY! THE ROCKETTES!

                                    CHAPTER 9 TOTAL

 

CHAPTER 10                                                 11,076 wds                  37 pgs.

            TO NEW YORK CITY

CHAPTER 11                                                 1,379 wds                    18 pgs.

            TO THE WORLD’S FAIR

CHAPTER 12                                                 5,145 wds                    14 pgs.

            RIDE THE ROCKET WEST TOWARD N.O.R.A.D.

CHAPTER 13                                                 1,342 wds                    6 pgs.

            INSTANT CHICAGO

 

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