Two and One-Half years in Hell on Earth is about a family that struggles to survive in the deep south during America "Jim Crow" history. Willie L. Pounds is a preacher and pastor who chronicles a brief history of his life while living on plantations in Arkansas and Louisiana. He exposes his readers to a harsh reality that many would dare acknowledge. He forces his readers to live for a moment a reality of forced rapes and unjust beatings. In exposing his reality, he helps us to visualize the two-America syndrome.