South toward home: adventures and misadventures in my native land

Introduction

1. Personal notes. Grace under pressure ; New year, old habits ; Songs of summer ; Stuff, sweet stuff ; Say what? ; I'm with the band ; Hello mother, hello Father ; A moving experience

2. Critters. The awesome opossum ; Big racks and perfect parties ; God, gators, and gumbo ; Slugging it out ; Livestock of the rich and famous ; Life among the serpents ; Mastering the hunt

3. Southern sustenance. A delta original ; Good to the bone ; Bizarre foods ; A tasteful send-off ; Beyond the butterball ; Recipe for longevity ; Make mine a scotch ; Stone-ground killer

4. The South in all its glory

or not. The South by the numbers ; Going deep in Dixie ; The dry county conundrum ; The politics of lust ; Good country, bad behavior ; Hollywood on the delta ; When the sun don't shine

5. Fun. Hell on wheels ; One for the road ; Rocking the boat ; Belle of the ball ; The ultimate party stop ; Songs of the South.