This book is dedicated with love to my wife Marjorie Jean.

She was part of JENNIE, from the very inception of the idea.

She spent countless hours deciphering the almost-illegible

handwriting of hundreds of Jennie s letters, collected from

dozens of sources. She spent uncounted weeks in the library

of the British Museum searching out varied references in

magazines, books, manuscripts. She accompanied me on many

of my interviews, remembering things that my tape recorder

had not caught and my eyes had overlooked. She examined each

draft of the manuscripts of both volumes, commenting on

them in great detail with excellent criticism and expert

editing. She is therefore truly a deep part of both volumes.

Were it not for her, the work would have taken much more

than seven years. But, above all, these booksare buoyed

with her spirit, as I am.