Contents
Acknowledgments
Earline Moore Findley’s Family Tree
Herbert Lyman Findley Sr.’s Family Tree
Earline’s World, Tuscaloosa, circa 1953
Introduction: The Female Elemental
One. Unpainted Houses
Two. Marriage
Three. Legends
Four. The Bungalow
Five. Distant Bells
Six. The Judge’s Wife
Seven. Tableaux Vivants
Eight. The Pink Party
Nine. Haven
Ten. Shrine
Conclusion: Self-Portrait
Appendix 1. Postmaster Appointments in the Extended Christopher Family, 1841–1915
Appendix 2. Enslaved Members of Christopher Chapel Methodist Church (Held by the Extended Christopher Family)
Appendix 3. Books in the Findley Home Library, with Inscriptions
Appendix 4. Enslaved Workers Rented by Robert Jemison Jr. to Murchison Findley, October 7, 1858–January 21, 1859
Notes
Bibliography
Index