• Genealogy of the Kalafatas Family of Symi xi

Chronology xiii

Prologue 1

1. Hit by the Machine 9

2. Protest 32

3. Penelope's Revenge 53

4. The Poetics of Manhood 69

5. Swallowing the Wind 95

6. The Sponge Wars--Tarpon Springs, Florida 121

7. Sea Fever 162

8. Pearling in Austrailia 195

9. Mousmolo 217

10. The Purloined Letter 222

11. "Winter Dream" 227

12. Kherimerinos Oneiros 253

Epilogue: Windflower 277

Bibliography 279

Acknowledgements 283