table of contents prologue chapter 1 home chapter 2 travel chapter 3 lawyers chapter 4 nanny chapter 5 the overseer and the overseen chapter 6 buster chapter 7 janie chapter 8 buster gets a tour chapter 9 war time chapter 10 underground chapter 11 new arrivals chapter 12 the wedding party chapter 13 the war goes on chapter 14 back up north chapter 15 south again epilog about the author books by burr cook prologue dillon macdonald was taking a leisurely walk in the trees which were part of the south carolina plantation he had recently come to own .