"The idea for this volume of essays on the South and Southern tradition and heritage came about because of requests from some respected friends and authors whose opinions and suggestions I greatly value. The forty-four items collected here cover a time frame from Spring 1983 until August 2018, a span of thirty-five years.

These essays range over several subject areas -- longer essays about Southern heritage and history, pieces regarding the present assault on the symbols of that heritage, short semi-biographical items focusing on diverse figures who have played a role in Southern history (both positively and negatively), various reviews, and, finally, a couple of meditations on the Christian faith and hope that even yet nourishes millions of Southerners."