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     IT’S UP TO OURSELVES TABLE of Contents

Preface
Introduction

THE EARLY YEARS

1 THE VIOLINIST MEETS DALCROZE, 1912                  
2 THE “VIEUX COLOMBIER” 1918, GURDJIEFF LEAVES RUSSIA

THE TWENTIES

3 THE CHOREOGRAPHER MEETS “THE TEACHER,” 1922
4 GURDJIEFF’S “PRIEURE” AT FONTAINEBLEAU, 1923
5 THE MOVEMENTS DEMONSTRATIONS IN 1923 AND 1924
6 THE DAUGHTER

THE THIRTIES

7 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, AND LYNE PLACE, ENGLAND
8 THE SHADOW OF W.W. II
9 RE-ADAPTING AS AN AMERICAN “CO-ED”

THE FORTIES

10 FRANKLIN FARMS, FREE FRENCH VOLUNTEERS, WHN, C.U.R.C
11 NEW YORK, NEW JOBS AND LIFE STYLES
12 THE BROADWAY PRESS AGENT
13 ETHEL MERSTON, THE INDIAN CONNECTION
14 PRELUDE TO GURDJIEFF’S ARRIVAL 1948
15 G.’S LAST VISIT TO AMERICA
16 PARIS, “SOPHIE,” “THE CALVES,” AUTO TRIPS
17 PHOTOS OF MR. G.
18 MR. G.’S SPECIAL MEALS, TOASTS
19 MENDHAM AND NEW YORK, AFTERMATH OF MR. G.’S VISIT
20 SUMMER 1949
21 THE FINAL WEEKS

THE FIFTIES

22 NEW BEGINNINGS, MR. G.’S HARMONIUM MUSIC
23 BOOKS, RECORDS, KRISHNAMURTI, 1950 DEMONSTRATION
24 LLOYD WRIGHT’S “TALIESIN,” A YEAR WITH MOVIE STARS
25 TRYING A BUSINESS IN PARIS
26 HOWARTH SERVICES
27 ETHEL’S LAST LETTERS, BENNETT AND SUBUD

THE LATER YEARS

28 THE GREEK CONNECTION
29 FILMS, MENDHAM, N.Y. FOUNDATION, MR. G.’S FAMILY
30 LETTERS
31 NAMES, THE PERFORMER, THE FBI, THE UN, CRUISES
32 MADAME OUSPENSKY
33 A LAST SUMMER
34 “WHAT IN G.’S NAME…?”
35 THE LEGACY

Postscript 1: GURDJIEFF’S MOVEMENTS
Postscript 2: GURDJIEFF’S MUSIC
Postscript 3: GURDJIEFF’S “SALAD”
Appendix: 1: “FOR MY DAUGHTER AT CHRISTMAS”
Appendix: 2: “GURDJIEFF, AN ORIGINAL TEACHER”
Appendix: 3 (Index)
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