Contents

Part 1. Mardalwil County, Acorn, Alabama

1. That First Year the Business Was Wood, c. 1830s

2. Cretia’s Gal, April 1, 1854

3. Macready, April 1, 1854

4. Eph, April 2, 1854

5. Mr. Wilcox, Spring 1928

6. The Mae’s, Spring 1928

7. Ezekiel 28:2

8. Witness, Fall 1928

9. Confidential, Fall 1928

Part 2. Pearl and Son

10. A Pint for a Dime, 1925

11. Grits, 1928

12. The Flowers That Attracted the Bees, 1933

13. Mr. Fong’s Establishment, c. 1933

14. The Hopper Hotel, c. 1934

15. All Colored All the Time, 1937

16. Going to Town, c. 1938

17. The Redhead, 1934

18. Two of Your Old Friends

19. Mr. Amalfi, Spring through Fall 1939

20. Tinhouse, 1939

21. Frocks, 1939

22. Branch, 1939

24. An Official Part of History

25. Spain Street Zion A.M.E.

Part 3. Kin—The Nettles

26. Kin, c. 1960s