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Chapter 1
Dedication
The author dedicates the book to H. L. Mencken, expressing profound admiration.
Chapter 2
Elmer Gantry
The opening chapter introduces Elmer Gantry as a charismatic but morally ambiguous young man navigating his way through college and early religious experiences, setting the stage for his future as a manipulative evangelist.
Chapter 3
Chapter I
Elmer Gantry, drunk in a Cato saloon with his friend Jim Lefferts, stumbles into a street-corner religious meeting led by Eddie Fislinger. After a fight with a heckler, Elmer defends the meeting and is hailed as a convert by Eddie, but he and Jim escape back to the saloon. On the train home, Eddie pursues them, trying to pressure Elmer into a full conversion, stirring Elmer's childhood fears of religion.
Chapter 4
I
Mr. Mannie Silverhorn wakes with a hangover and anxiously checks the newspaper for any mention of his previous night's indiscretion, finding none. However, the next day, both Silverhorn and Reverend Dr. Gantry see a front-page photostat of a document threatening a lawsuit for alienation of affections against Dr. Gantry by Mr. Oscar Dowler.
Chapter 5
II
Elmer Gantry is horrified by the widespread media coverage of his scandal, as the Associated Press spreads the story nationally, leading to telegrams from Dr. Wilkie Bannister and the Napap directors questioning the truth and delaying action.

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