Look to the Stars
by Alice Isom Gubler Stratton

Table of Contents

ToC 1ToC 1 ToC 2ToC 2

Volume I
Title PageTitle PageTitle Page
DedicationDedicationDedication and Copyright
1 Introduction1 IntroductionIntroduction
2 Acknowledgements2 AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
3 3.. 7 7Chapter 1: Heaven Meets Earth
8 8.. 11 11Chapter 2: The House That Papa Built
11 11.. 14 14Chapter 3: Papa's Feminine World (1915)
14 14.. 17 17Chapter 4: Man Made Marvels (1916)
17 17.. 24 24Chapter 5: Big Things Happen (1917)
25 25.. 35 35Chapter 6: Armistice (1918)
35 35.. 40 40Chapter 7: Papa's Point of View (1919)
40 40.. 44 44Chapter 8: In Which We Get Another Brother (1920)
45 45.. 47 47Chapter 9: Patriarchal Blessing (1921)
48 48.. 54 54Chapter 10: In Which Papa Has Another Son (1922)
54 54.. 61 61Chapter 11: Annie Comes Home (1923)
61 61.. 65 65Chapter 12: Oak Creek Days
65 65.. 72 72Chapter 13: "Goodbye, Grandma" (1924)
72 72.. 82 82Chapter 14: If Birds Can Fly, Why Can't I? (1925)
82 82.. 84 84Chapter 15: Wedding Bells (1926)
84 84.. 87 87Chapter 16: More Wedding Bells (1927)
87 87.. 90 90Chapter 17: Daughter, Beware! (1928)
91 91..106106Chapter 18: College (1929)
106106..114114Chapter 19: So Turns the Tide (1930)
114114..118118Chapter 20: Sing a Song of Six Pence (1931)
119119..125125Chapter 21: The Call of the Canyon (1932)
126126..132132Chapter 22: The New Deal (1933)
132132..134134Chapter 23: Marilyn (1934)
135135..136136Chapter 24: Donkey Shelves (1935)
136136..140140Chapter 25: Norman (1936)
141141..143143Chapter 26: Little Rock School House, Goodbye (1937)
143143..145145Chapter 27: "I Want to Go Wif You" (1938)
145145..152152Chapter 28: DeMar (1939)
152152..157157Chapter 29: A Really, Really Birthday (1940)
157157..160160Chapter 30: Shirley (1941)
161161..198198Chapter 31: War Boom (1942)
199199..201201Chapter 32: Gordon (1943)
201201..202202Chapter 33: Summer (1944)
202202..207207Chapter 34: Terry (1945)
207207..209209Chapter 35: We Can't Eat Flowers (1946)
209209..212212Chapter 36: Lolene (1947)
213213..233233Chapter 37: Clouds on the Horizon (1948)
233233..261261Chapter 38: So Long for Awhile (1949) (INCOMPLETE)
261261..273273Chapter 39: Politics (1950)
274274..302302Chapter 40: County Treasurer (1951) (INCOMPLETE)
302302..321321Chapter 41: Grandma? Who, Me? (1952) (INCOMPLETE)
321321..333333Chapter 42: A Fledgling on the Edge of the Nest (1953) (INCOMPLETE)
333333..340340Chapter 43: The Fledgling Tries His Wings (1954)
340340..346346Chapter 44: The Mesa (1955)
346346..353353Chapter 45: Goodbye for Now, Papa (1956) (INCOMPLETE)
353353..360360Chapter 46: Another Fledgling Leaves the Nest (1957) (INCOMPLETE)
361361..372372Chapter 47: Arkie Annie (1958) (INCOMPLETE)
372372..379379Chapter 48: A Diamond for Graduation (1959) (INCOMPLETE)
379379..386386Chapter 49: Gordon's Mission Call (1960)
386386..390390Chapter 50: Perry Joins the Clan (1961) (INCOMPLETE)
390390..411411Chapter 51: Crossroads (1962) (INCOMPLETE)
411411..428428Chapter 52: Yakima (1963) (INCOMPLETE)
428428..450450Chapter 53: Deer Park (1964) (INCOMPLETE)
451451..466466Chapter 54: Back to Utah (1965) (INCOMPLETE)
467467..482482Chapter 55: Home, Sweet Home (1966) (INCOMPLETE)
Volume II
The Stratton Years
Title Page (Vol. 2)Title Page (Vol. 2)Title Page (Volume II)
Introduction (Vol. 2)Introduction (Vol. 2)Introduction (Volume II)
483483..492492Chapter 56: Ermal Stratton (1967) (INCOMPLETE)
493493..496496Chapter 57: Occupation: Housewife (1968) (INCOMPLETE)
497497..499499Chapter 58: The 50-50 Farmer (1969) (INCOMPLETE)
499499..522522Chapter 59: The Western States Mission (1970-1971)
522522..531531Chapter 60: Rattlesnake (1972) (INCOMPLETE)
532532..535535Chapter 61: Dear Little Grandson, Goodbye (1973) (INCOMPLETE)
535535..542542Chapter 62: Tornado Ahoy! (1974) (INCOMPLETE)
542542..551551Chapter 63: The Gatcho Rancho (1975) (INCOMPLETE)
552552..559559Chapter 64: Bicentennial (1976) (INCOMPLETE)
559559..569569Chapter 65: The Van (1977) (INCOMPLETE)
570570..588588Chapter 66: A New Revelation (1978) (INCOMPLETE)
588588..615615Chapter 67: Motorcycles and Trains (1979) (INCOMPLETE)
615615..648648Chapter 68: Signs of the Times (1980) (INCOMPLETE)
648648..686686Chapter 69: Mama's Centennial (1981) (INCOMPLETE)
687687..734734Chapter 70: The Trench Diggers Are Coming, A-Ho, A-Ho! (1982) (INCOMPLETE)
735735..796796Chapter 71: O M E G A Ω (1983) (INCOMPLETE)

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