Preface . . VII 
Introduction . . 3 

1. Prevenience . . 17 
2. Tupelo Homesteads: A Shelter in the Storm . . 27 
3. Dyess Colony . . 48 
4. Life and Times at Dyess . . 78 
5. Delta Cooperative Farm and the Death of a Vision . . 114 
6. Leaving Goshen . . 143 

Notes . . 147 
Bibliography . . 181 
Index . . 209