Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-234) and index.

Introduction / R.G. Mugabe -- Foreword / Robert Blake -- Map of Places Mentioned in the Text -- The Early Years -- Family Background -- Boyhood -- The Student -- Into Africa -- Empire Settlement -- South African Diary -- Rhodesian Diary -- Rhodesia in 1929 -- Farming in Peace and War -- Beginning to Farm -- The Second World War -- Farming Politics -- Helping the Church -- Politics and Federation -- Parliament -- Federation -- 'Legitimate to Hope' -- Southern Rhodesia in the Late 1950s -- Personal Matters -- 'Establishment' Values -- Lost Chance? -- The Colony in Early 1959 -- First Year as Governor -- A Governor's Life -- Royalty in Rhodesia -- Africa Year 1960 -- The End of Federation -- Protest and Discontent -- A New Constitution -- The Election of December 1962 -- Federation Ended -- Prelude to UDI -- The Governor -- The Fall of Field -- New Governments in London and Salisbury -- Last Months of Legality -- The Unilateral Declaration of Independence -- Collision Course -- Eleven Days in November -- Beleaguered Governor -- Tensions and Talks -- Under Siege -- Talks about Talks -- The Tiger Talks -- A Long Haul -- The Climate of Opinion -- The 'Reluctant Right-winger' -- More Talks about Talks -- A State of Uncertainty -- Legal Uncertainties -- Political Uncertainties -- Knight in the Cold -- Near the End of the Road -- Long Incarceration -- The Referendum -- Aftermath -- Retirement at Bonisa.