A voice from old New York: a memoir of my youth

Introduction: turning back

Part I: How it was. Genealogy, et cetera

John and Priscilla

What some call "society"

A few words about women

Part II: Education and after. Teachers, beloved and otherwise

My life in crime

Bar Harbor

Bad sports

Religion

The great depression

The Brits

Cohorts

A hang-up

I begin to write

Sea duty

Fear

A return to society

The firm

Fleeing the law

A few more words about women

Animal encounters

Part III: The writing life. Writerly types

Class

Burdens

A would-be writer, not forgotten

Part IV. Farewells. My mother

And please do not forget.