In Life and Legacy of a House Nigger, the reader is channeled through the happy times and pains of a young boy growing up in the charm of a laid back Southern sports-loving farm town. The young boy secretly bears physical and emotional scars of abuse levied by the hands of his star baseball-pitching father. His father, the white landowner's top "boy," is overwhelmed with shame. He wars within himself for being forced into the outward appearance of a beloved, well-cared for top baseball recruit, and the stark reality of being the black slave property of the town's good ol' boys. He suffers that he is sent to "work" day after day in the protection of an uptown, indoor "job," where his back is protected, his arm is protected, and the weekly pleasure of money-changing baseball entertainment is left intact. He struggles inwardly as a father facing his son with the loss of dignity, having his manhood stripped away for the sake of a shameful bigotry in reverse. The rhythm between father and son lists a replica of an undaunted legacy.