Moody traces his family history; his father immigrated from Russia in 1905 and came through Ellis Island. After his family moved to New Orleans and went into the fur business, Moody's mother died, and his father remarried twice. His second wife, Moody's stepmother, converted to Judaism. Moody recalls his experience growing up in New Orleans and attending Hebrew School before his father declared bankruptcy and the family moved to a farm in Alabama. After a few years, the family bought a farm on the Gulf Coast, and Moody dropped out of school to help on the farm. Moody offers an account of roaming the Gulf Coast as a young man in the early part of the century. Eventually, Moody graduated from high school, earning a full scholarship to Louisiana State University. He went into the insurance business and ended up running a restaurant with his wife in Mississippi City. He shares stories of experiencing antisemitism in the South, being actively involved in the Jewish Community, and "instrumental in building the first synagogue on the coast, Congregation Beth Israel." Moody shares his account of Hurricane Katrina, his involvement in rebuilding the synagogue, and his reflections on the Jewish communities along the Gulf Coast.