The memoir focuses on the author's experiences and the events in the town, which had 2,277 residents, and Monroe County, which had a population of 11,606. Introductions note that these rural and small-town settings were the dominant pattern in the United States at that time. The narrative explores themes of community, individual friendships, social activities, sports and other activities, holidays, relatives, school days, prayer meetings, local businesses, the newspaper, the role of the Ku Klux Klan, and the impacts of the Great Depression. The memoir emphasizes the personal relationships in the small community, particularly how people knew one another and helped them in times of need. Photographs