A collection of seven stories which reveal Faulkner's compassionate understanding of the American Deep South. His characters are humble people who live out their lives within the same small circle of earth and who die unrecorded.

Faulkner examines the changing relationship of black to white and of man to the land, and weaves a complex work that is rich in understanding of the human condition.

Contents:
- Was
- The Fire and the Hearth
- Pantaloon in Black
- The Old People
- The Bear
- Delta Autumn
- Go Down, Moses