Joseph 'Ray' Mock, D. Philosophy, recounts his memories of growing up in the Deep South, in Georgia.
The story begins with his mother dropping him and his brother off at the St. Joseph's orphanage and ends with a farewell to Savannah.
In between he recounts his adventures in the chapters The Ladies in Black, Fireflies and Swamp Water, Grandma Mock, Midnight Ride and a Girl Named Mary and the Wild Boar Hunt.