Influences and context: Robert Morgan in literary community
Roots of a writing life: his Appalachian homes, south and north
Sixteenth- through ninteenth-century history: fictionalizing pioneers and conflicts
The family novels: two generations of paternal and maternal ancestors
More short fiction: classism, war, machine-age destruction
Poetry's place: memory, nature, science, resurrection
Final words: The Morgenland Elohist.