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==Chronology of events in the ''Ishmael'' trilogy==
The following is a list of the (fictional) events in the interrelated [[time frame]] of ''Ishmael'' (published in 1992), ''[[The Story of B]]'' (1996), and ''[[My Ishmael]]'' (1997). Much of the [[chronology]] remains ambiguous in the former two, though is specified in much more detail in ''My Ishmael''.<ref>Quinn, 1997.</ref>

* 1930s: Ishmael is born in "equatorial West Africa", captured, and sent to live in a U.S. "zoo in some small northeastern city" for "several years"<ref>Quinn, 1992, pp. 10-11.</ref>
* Late 1930s: Ishmael lives in a traveling menagerie for "three or four years"<ref name="Quinn, 1992, p. 16">Quinn, 1992, p. 16.</ref>
* 1939 or 1940: Ishmael is sold to Walter Sokolow, a wealthy [[European Jew]]ish [[émigré]] and merchant in the U.S.<ref name="Quinn, 1992, p. 16"/>
* 1955: Art "Artie "Owens is born Makiadi "Adi" Owona in the [[Belgian Congo]] (renamed [[Zaire]] in 1971)
* [[Wiktionary:circa|c.]] 1950s: Charles Atterley is born in the U.S
* 1960s: Walter Sokolow marries Grace, who bears a single child, Rachel
* 25 February 1979: Julie Gerchak is born in the U.S.
* Early 1980s: Art Owens studies in [[Belgium]], becomes a [[dual citizen]] of Zaire and Belgium, travels to the U.S., and attends [[Cornell University]], where he meets Rachel Sokolow, who is completing her master's degree in [[biology]]
* c. 1980s: Charles Atterley becomes Ishmael's pupil
* 1985: Walter Sokolow dies and Ishmael begins living in a variety of new locations
* 1987: Art Owens returns to Zaire, leaving his U.S. investments with Rachel Sokolow<ref name="Quinn, 1997, p. 240">Quinn, 1997, p. 240.</ref>
* 1989: Ishmael sets up his office in Room 105 of the Fairfield Building, located in a "little [American] city"<ref>Quinn, 1997, pp. 4-5.</ref>
* 2 March 1989: Art Owens participates in the new Republic of Mabili's secession from [[Zaire]]; he becomes Mabili's [[minister of the interior]]
* November to December 1989: Art Owens flees Mabili and returns to the U.S., beginning work with the Darryl Hicks Carnival and eventually buying off the Carnival's animal menagerie<ref name="Quinn, 1997, p. 240"/>
* 1990: Art Owens becomes acquainted with Ishmael through Rachel Sokolow<ref name="Quinn, 1997, p. 241">Quinn, 1997, p. 241.</ref>
* c. 1991: Charles Atterley begins lecturing in Europe
* January 1991: Rachel Sokolow tests positive for HIV and dies that same year<ref name="Quinn, 1997, p. 241"/>
* 1991–2: Events of ''[[Ishmael]]'' and most of ''[[My Ishmael]]'':
** 1991: Alan Lomax (the previously unnamed narrator of ''Ishmael'') and then Julie Gerchak become Ishmael's pupils
** 29 October to 2 November 1991: Julie Gerchak, with the secret help of Art Owens, visits the Republic of Mabili and successfully persuades its president, Mokonzi Nkemi, to authorize Ishmael's entry into his country and subsequent release back into the African jungle<ref>Quinn, 1997, pp. 241-242.</ref>
** Late 1991–1992: Ishmael begins living in the Darryl Hicks Carnival menagerie and becomes ill with [[pneumonia]]
** 1992: Alan Lomax believes Ishmael to have died from pneumonia and ultimately publishes ''Ishmael''
** March 1992: Ishmael recuperates and by this date has returned to Africa
** Summer 1995: Julie Gerchak begins writing ''My Ishmael''<ref>Quinn, 1997, p. 285.</ref>
* 10 May to 8 June 1996: Events of ''[[The Story of B]]'':
** 19 or 20 May: Jared Osborne becomes Charles Atterley's pupil
** 22 May: Charles Atterley is assassinated while aboard a train in Germany<ref>Quinn, 1996, p. 111.</ref>
** 26 May: Jared Osborne and close associates of Charles Atterley survive the bombing of [[Theatre|Schauspielhaus]] Wahnfried, a theater in Radenau, Germany<ref>Quinn, 1996, p. 195.</ref>
* 28 November 1996: Julie Gerchak completes all but the final chapter of ''My Ishmael''
* 1997: Julie Gerchak adds a final chapter, "The Waiting Ends", to ''My Ishmael'' and finally publishes the book with permission from Art Owens<ref>Quinn, 1997, p. 288.</ref>