Part one: The man with the Saber -- The ghost of yesterday -- The voice of today. Part two: The Cossack of old -- The rebel supreme -- The Cossack republic -- Yermak, the conqueror of Siberia -- Stenka Razin -- Yemelyan Pugatchev -- The end of the Dnieper Republic -- Warriors supreme -- Taras Bulba's "grandson" -- The great reconciliation. Part three: The Cossack of today -- "You are in America now" -- "The gift of Catherine" -- The man who was dead -- The college president and his sons -- The two Russias -- The open road -- "Our outlet to the sea" -- A village revisited -- Cossack girls -- "We were so wild, so wild" -- Sex and family among Cossacks -- Religion among Cossacks -- Eating and drinking among Cossacks -- The Cossacks discover America. Part four: The Cossack of tomorrow -- Work and freedom -- The new Cossack.