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| Dedication | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Hendry Family Tree | p. xviii |
| Front porch stories of the Hendry family and girlhood memories of growing up in Southwest Florida | p. 17 |
| From Scotland to Scout | p. 19 |
| Harry F. Hendry | p. 29 |
| My Mother's Family | p. 37 |
| Boys Will Be Boys | p. 43 |
| Little Wild Rabbit Eyes | p. 51 |
| A Creative Childhood | p. 55 |
| Frosty Reflections--A Late 1920s Freeze | p. 63 |
| Swamp, Bog, and Native Flowers | p. 69 |
| Willow Pond at Sunset | p. 77 |
| Encountering Seminoles | p. 79 |
| Monday Morning Washday | p. 85 |
| Eatin' Possum | p. 89 |
| He Otter Know Better | p. 91 |
| The Wrong Still | p. 97 |
| Our Last Christmas Picnic | p. 101 |
| Island Odyssey in the 1920s | p. 107 |
| Growing Up in Palmona Park | p. 115 |
| Call to Worship | p. 123 |
| The Difference between Crackers and Cowboys | p. 127 |
| Old Behemoth: A Hog Chompin' Gator | p. 131 |
| A Dangerous Friend | p. 135 |
| Jesse James's Remnant | p. 139 |
| Foraging Pays Off | p. 155 |
| Fort Myers Is Discovered by the Famous | p. 163 |
| Florida's Second Johnny Appleseed | p. 175 |
| All That Glitters | p. 181 |
| Stories from other front porches | p. 189 |
| Blockade Running in Days Gone By | p. 191 |
| Drainage of the Florida Everglades | p. 199 |
| Trip to Cuba | p. 201 |
| An 1880s Christmas in Southwest Florida | p. 219 |
| Eureka! Adventures with Postwar Fishing Company | p. 221 |
| Harold Hudson--Marine Scientist | p. 235 |
| Indians | |
| Billy Cornapatchee | p. 241 |
| Life Among the Seminoles | p. 247 |
| Endnotes to Appendix A | p. 254 |
| The Koreshan Settlement | p. 255 |
| Glossary | p. 257 |
| Bibliography | p. 259 |
| About the Author | p. 263 |
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