Contents -- Author's Note -- Part I: 1916-1918 -- The Land of Cotton -- A Good Smoke -- A Dream of Water -- Lonesome Whistle -- Part II: 1925-1930 -- Family Portraits -- Night Fires -- What You Pay -- Free and Clear -- Part III: 1931-1936 -- Easy Terms -- French Quarter Blues -- Georgia Sun -- Rose Wine -- Part IV: 1937-1945 -- Chicken Dreaming Corn -- Over the Store -- Acknowledgments.