Mat Feltner struggles to accept the loss of his son as the rest of the Port William, Kentucky, community watches the progress of World War II. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. PART ONE 1 The Empty Store 5(3) Missing 8(4) The Card Game 12(2) A Dream of Absence 14(2) A Departure 16(1) Rain, Rain 17(2) I Can Do It by Myself 19(3) A Voice from the Distance 22(1) A Little Shift in the Wind 23(3) 2 Port William 26(1) Company 27(5) Like a Bird 32(1) The Carpenter Shop 33(1) An Old Wound 34(2) A Pretty Good Boy 36(1) Feeding 37(3) 3 The Last 40(8) The Hotel 48(8) The Grass May Grow a Mile 56(3) Images Like Seeds 59(2) Waiting 61(2) 4 The Barber's Calling 63(4) Talk 67(6) A New Calling 73(6) Light and Warmth 79(8) 5 Keeping Watch 87(1) The Sheep Barn 88(5) PART TWO 6 A Dark Morning 93(1) A Difference Made 94(1) A Comforter 95(6) The Sanctuary 101(2) A Knack for the Here 103(6) 7 Born a Idiot, Educated a Fool 109(3) The Farm in the Valley 112(3) Flood 115(5) Where Are You? 120(5) Coming to Rest 125(1) A Vigil 126(2) The Keeping of the Place 128(3) Changed 131(2) 8 Something Ain't Right 133(11) Never What It Was 144(3) Some Cleaning Up 147(4) A Pleasing Shadow 151(2) For Someone Who Will Come Later 153(2) A Spring Night 155(2) Green Coming Strong 157(6) PART THREE 9 Look a Yonder 163(2) The Bridge 165(5) A Guest at a Stranger Table 170(6) 10 The Wanting of What May Be Lost 176(10) Something in the World to Do 186(7) A Pleasant Place to Sit 193(3) 11 Green Pasture 196(2) Caught 198(2) Daylight 200(17) A Birth 217(12) PART FOUR 12 Going Down 229(1) Dangerous Ground 230(5) He's Dead 235(2) 13 Hard at It 237(2) A Widow Alone 239(4) Haunted 243(1) 14 A Famous Escapade 244(4) The Presence of Grief 248(2) A Ramble 250(8) A Result 258(1) The Sense of Time Passing 259(1) What Is Left 260(3) 15 That's Fine 263(8) Another Result 271(3) 16 Six Feet 274(3) It's Over! 277(4) Redounding and Sublime 281(20) A Passing Dirge 301(3) Among the Dead 304(7) PART FIVE Straightening Up 311(4) A Homecoming 315(2) Into the Woods 317