Told with warmth and humor, Douglas Townsend recounts his memories of growing up on cotton farms, along with sharing stories of others. Using photos to illustrate farm life, Douglas explores both the harshness of being a cotton farmer in rural Mississippi along with the fun times he had growing up. He takes readers along a journey of preparing the fields, tending the crops, and ultimately harvesting the cotton. With creative interlopes, he recounts what hard-working farm animals might have said to their owners. Come take a stroll through the cotton fields of long, long ago.