Table of Contents

Preface      1
Introduction      3

1. Detroit and New York, 1903–1924      5
2. Winnetka, 1924–1929      19
3. The Puppeteering Years, 1928–1937      31
4. WPA Years, 1937–1942      126
5. In the Army, 1942–1943      148
6. New York, 1944–1948      154
7. Afterword      173

Appendix A. The Barn at Bethlehem: A Christmas Play, a Puppet Play by Paul McPharlin      179
Appendix B. Punch’s Circus, a Puppet Play by Paul McPharlin      187
Appendix C. Puppetry Imprints      201
Appendix D. Paul McPharlin’s Puppeteers and Members of the Marionette Fellowship of Detroit 246      204

Chapter Notes      213
Bibliography      233
Index      243