My Ishmael

Table of Contents for My Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn, the Bantam trade paperback edition, October 1998

Hello There -- 1 (the introduction)
Room 105 -- 4
I Take on the Ape -- 9
We Lurch to the Starting Line -- 15
The Daydream -- 20
Meet Mother Culture -- 26
The People of the Curse -- 30
"Your Culture" -- 38
The History of Man in 17 Seconds -- 46
Tunes & Dancers -- 51
The Parable Examined -- 59
A Visit to Calliope -- 67 (Ishmael discusses the imaginary porcuzard and intraspecies competition)
Calliope, Part 2 -- 76 (he describes the Erratic Retaliation strategy)
Intermission -- 92 (examination of tribes)
The Fertile Crescent -- 97
The Crescent, Part 2 -- 107
A Goddamned Pride Thing -- 118
School Daze -- 130 (on civilized schools)
School Daze II -- 146 (on the tribal education)
Unschooling the World -- 159 (some thoughts on how education in our society could work)
Wealth, Taker Style -- 168
Wealth, Leaver Style -- 179
Less Is Not Always More -- 187 (a vision of how things could be)
My God, It Isn't Me! -- 196
Revolutionaries -- 205
A Look Into the Future -- 214
The Man from Africa -- 227 (the dialogue more or less ends, and the plot gets on its feet)
Getting Me Ready -- 239
En Route -- 246
Lukombo Owona -- 253
Mokonzi Nkemi -- 262
Feats of Timing -- 269
Farewell, My Ishmael -- 273
Life Goes On -- 276
Alan's Ishmael --282 (the narrator ties up some loose threads from the other books)
The Waiting Ends -- 287