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Preface Cultivating the Spirit in the Wilderness
１ The Pride of Frontiersmen in America
[Sketch] A Band of Fifes and Drums
William Wheeler and His Family
The Wheelers and the History of Concord
Concord and Unitarianism
Transcendentalism and Concord
Emerson's Philosophy
Thoreau's Philosophy
２ Two Williams,Wheeler, the Gifted Student, and President Clark
[Sketch] Wheeler Confronts President Clark during a Strike
The Youngest Student at the New Massachusetts Agricultural College
David P. Penhallow on Clark
William Wheeler, Student of Versatile Talent
Curriculum at the Agricultural College
Wheeler and Student Strikes
Graduation with Honors
Jobs after Graduation
３ To Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun
[Sketch] Encounter with a Genuine Typhoon
Hokkaido at the Beginning of the Meiji Period
Kuroda Kiyotaka, the Director of the Kaitakushi
Commissioner Capron Offers Himself as the Chief Advisor
Capron and His Staff
Capron Begins His Own Survey
A Proposal by Capron for the Establishment of an Agricultural College
The Influence of American Education in the Meiji Period
A Young Energetic Civil Engineer in Concord
The Establishment of Sapporo Agricultural College
Preparation for the Visit to Japan
Emerson's Recommendation
The Contract, for Two Years Employment
To Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun : from Philadelphia
In San Francisco
Arriving at Yokohama
Meeting with the Leaders of the Kaitakushi
Americanized Japanese Youth
Grand River Festival with Fire Works in Tokyo
Continued Interest in What is Happening in America
４ Arriving at Sapporo
[Sketch] A Spirited Arrival
Japan, Still in the Grip of Feudalism
Saw the Emperor
To Hokkaido aboard the Steamer “Gembu-maru”
Tragic Outcome of a Gun Salute
To Sapporo on Horse Back
First Impression of the City of Sapporo
Witnessing the First Baptism of a Student
The Preparation for Classes
Lofty Ambition : the Clark Spirit
High Level Students
Clark’s Image
Clark’s Favorite Hymn
５ Young President of Sapporo Agricultural College
[Sketch] Drowning in Mountain Torrent
Nicknames
Meteorological Observations
New System of Meteorological Observations
Field Survey in Torrential Downpour
As a Civil Engineer and Architect
American Style Curriculum
Sending Money Home
The First New Year in Japan
Suggested Change in Contract
Advice for Future Railroads in Hokkaido
Clark’s Plan for Departure
Clark’s Farewell Words were Not Recorded by Wheeler
Planning to Return Home
The Way Clark Left Japan
Uchimura Kanzō on “Boys, be ambitious”
Field Campaign during the Summer Vacation
The First Year Ends ; the Second Summer Begins
Reconstruction of the Toyohira Bridge
The Second Class of Students have Arrived
A Group of Elites
Plan to Invite Edward Emerson, the Son of the Philosopher
The Farm at Nanae
The Contract Issue : No Renewal of Contract for Clark
Leave of Absence Officially Granted
Before Departing for Home
６ Temporary Absence and Marriage
[Sketch] Poem of a Thimble
A Temporary Return Home to Marry Fannie Hubbard
The Return Trip to Japan Together
Back in Japan
Enomoto Takaaki’s Visit to Sapporo
A Quiet and Undemonstrative Family
How a Japanese Official Remembers Fannie
The Completion of the Military Hall Designed by Wheeler
The First New Year to Celebrate as a Married Couple
Big Fire in Sapporo
Further Extension of the Stay in Japan to the End of the Year
Fannie Takes Pleasure in Riding
Field Survey
The Departure Draws Near
The Day They Left Sapporo
In Tokyo
The Desire for an Independent Occupation
７ Energetic Pursuit of his Profession at Home
[Sketch] Receiving the Order of the Rising Sun
Late Civil Engineer to the Imperial Colonial Department, Japan
Pursuit of his Interest as an Inventor
Pursuit of his Profession as Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
Devotion to Public Service
On Japanese Education
Harvey Wheeler Community Center
“Wheeler House” at his Alma Mater
The End of a Unique Life
Modest Grave
The End of Fannie’s Life
Appendix Memoir of William Wheeler by Woodward Hudson
Postscript My America, my Japan, my Sapporo
Translator's Acknowledgments
●著者紹介
Tetsurō Takasaki
Born in 1948 in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Reporter for NHK, Japan Broadcasting Association, Professor for Teikyo University, Guest researcher at the Public Works Research Institute, Part-time lecturers at some universities. Wrote more than 20 books. Novelist, engineering researcher.
Kazue E. Campbell
Taught Japanese language, culture, press, linguistics, and history of the Japanese language at some universities, most recently at Boston University (1985-2006).
Editor of Kodansha's Encyclopedia of Japan.
