FOREWORD…………………………………………………….........................................I

INTRODUCTION: ..........................My Porch and Welcome to It............................5

CHAPTER ONE: ....As American As Ancient Greece and Imperial Rome…...21

CHAPTER TWO: ....................Loggia Logic, Renaissance Roots…....…..............33

CHAPTER THREE: .......................................Out of Africa……...................................41

CHAPTER FOUR: …........................Or Was It Out of India?..................................53

CHAPTER FIVE: …..........................Or Was It Out of Italy?....................................57

CHAPTER SIX: .........................From the Old World to the New….......................91

CHAPTER SEVEN: ...............George’s Piazza and Tom’s Portico…..................103

CHAPTER EIGHT: ..............................Early Days of an Icon……....................…..127

CHAPTER NINE: .....................................Getting Into Print…......................…......147

CHAPTER TEN: ................................................Ubiquity.............................................167

CHAPTER ELEVEN: .......................................Glory Days..........................................181

CHAPTER TWELVE: ...........................................Teeter...............................................201

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: ........................................Totter...............................................213

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: .........................................Fall………..………………...……225

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: .......................................Rise Again..........................................257

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: .........................................Revival..............................................287

AUTHOR’S NOTES……………………………………….............................................313

BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………..............................................321