The first part of this book picks up where the author's autobiographical novel, "Because I was Flesh," left off, with the youth leaving his native Kansas City and bumming it to Los Angeles. The second part takes us to Paris, and the third tells of Dahlberg's return to New York during the depression. "A triumphant work."-Kirkus Reviews.

(Key Words: Biography, autobiography, confessions, dahlberg, edward, writers).