Table of Contents
Foreword: Connecting the Stories vii
Note on Authorship xi
Note on the Manuscript xiii
Chapter 1 Early Movements 1
Chapter 2 Getting to Know Ones Mother 7
Chapter 3 The Cotton-Picking Days of Summer 11
Chapter 4 Early Education, Witness to History 21
Chapter 5 When Juan Met Terry 29
Chapter 6 The Long Road Home 37
Chapter 7 Private Practice, an Introduction to the Arts, and When the "Big One" Hit 51
Chapter 8 The Judgeship Journey 59
Chapter 9 Riding Circuit 71
Chapter 10 Legacy 83
Afterword: Reflections on Picking Cotton 93
Special Acknowledgment 97
Acknowledgments 99
Endnotes 103
Sources 111
Appendixes 115
In Memoriam 135
Discussion Guide 137
Photographs 139
