Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Editor's Note -- Introduction: Alfred Hubert Mendes, West Indian Writer, 1897-1991 -- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Chapter 1 Madeira Prologue, 1846-1897 -- Chapter 2 Early Memories, 1897-1912 -- Chapter 3 School in England, 1912-1915 -- Chapter 4 War, 1916 -- Chapter 5 War, 1916-1919 -- Chapter 6 Writing - Trinidad, 1919-1930 -- Chapter 7 Writing - Trinidad, 1931-1933 -- Chapter 8 Writing - New York, 1933-1940 -- Chapter 9 Writing - New York, 1933-1940 -- Chapter 10 New York, 1933-1940 -- Conclusion: Trinidad, 1940-1972 -- Barbados, 1973-1978 -- Appendix A: "Looping the Loop" -- Appendix B: Letter to Ellen Mendes from Alfred Mendes in Portugal -- Appendix C: Nine Sonnets "For R-" -- Appendix D: Extract from the remembrance delivered by Stephen Mendes at his father's funeral service -- Appendix E: Alfred H. Mendes's Family Tree -- Chronology -- Notes -- Works -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.