Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-309) and index.

I: 1919-1926 -- Initial prose ventures -- Moonlight -- Adolescence -- Peter -- The priest -- Frankie and Johnny -- Don Giovanni -- The big shot -- Ad astra -- Black music -- Carcassonne -- Mistral -- Snow -- The leg -- Two dollar wife -- II: 1927-1931 -- Divorce in Naples -- Pennsylvania station -- Once aboard the lugger -- That evening sun -- Miss Zilphia Gant -- Elly -- Thrift -- There was a queen -- A rose for Emily -- Idyll in the desert -- A justice -- Smoke -- All the dead pilots -- Fox hunt -- A dangerous man -- Dry September -- Honor -- Hair -- Beyond -- Red leaves -- Mountain victory -- Dull tale -- Death drag -- The brooch -- Dr. Martino -- Artist at home -- Victory -- Crevasse -- Evangeline -- Centaur in brass -- Turnabout -- III: 1932-1954 -- With caution and dispatch -- Lo -- A bear hunt -- Wash -- Mule in the yard -- A portrait of Elmer -- Golden land -- That will be fine -- Uncle Willy -- Monk -- Afternoon of a cow -- A return -- Barn burning -- Hand upon the waters -- Tomorrow -- An error in chemistry -- The tall men -- Knightαs gambit -- Two soldiers -- Shall not perish -- My grandmother Millard -- A courtship -- Shingles for the Lord -- Mr. Acarius -- Race at morning.