-- Introduction by Robert B. Meech -- Authors' Foreword -- PART 1. Buffalo in the 19th Century, by Bob Watson -- Frontier Village -- The E-re-e Canal -- A Burgeoning City -- The Fabulous Forties -- War Between the States -- Buffalo's Boom Times -- The Pan-American Exposition -- PART 2. Buffalo in the 20th Century, by Richard C. Brown -- The Golden Years -- Whistles, Wheels, and Wings -- Buffalo's Ethnic Neighborhoods -- Not by Bread Alone -- Winter-and Then Spring -- PART 3. Partners in Progress, by Ann Podd and Tim Murray -- Appendi: The Mayors of Buffalo -- Authors' Acknowledgments and Notes on Sources -- Index --