Against the backdrop of the "trackside" community of Mexboro, Alabama, the Calvin Soles Lloyd family mini-saga-of-many-parts continues through the years 1917-1921 - to, through, and beyond the heyday (or "Golden Years", so to speak) of Mexboro - as seen through the eyes of the "white-eyed" boy and his elder brother, Bart. "All I can say is, don't letcha'selves be gittin' too overanxious, now...About what it is that me an' Bart'll be gittin' ourselves...