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 into next, purely incidentally, of course...Dependin' on how ya' look at it." "White Eyes"