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Preface ix -- PROLOGUE. Plainville, U.S.A. : The Towns We Left Behind 1 -- 1. Dover : The Building of a Community 9 -- 2. Winesburg : Life along Main Street 43 -- 3. Camden : The Halcyon Days of the 1920s 61 -- 4. Depression : "The Worst of Times" 89 -- 5. War : "Camden Behind the Men Behind the Guns" 117 -- 6. The Last Picture Show 137 -- 7. Main Street in Repose 163 -- EPILOGUE. -- Camden : The Town We Left Behind 185 -- Notes 197 -- Bibliography 213 -- Index 221