Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Prologue: through a glass darkly 1
5. 1. The music of cracking necks 18
6. 2. True to Dixie and to Moses 36
7. 3. The great white plague 57
8. 4. Consequences of powerlessness 77
9. 5. Water force 103
10. 6. White like me 121
11. 7. A blight and a sin 149
12. Afterword 179
13. Notes 185
14. Bibliography 233
15. Index 257