The book features a new essay by King entitled "Five to One, One in Five," four installments of "King's Garbage Truck" (a column King wrote for UMaine's student newspaper), a reprint of King's novella "Hearts in Atlantis", which is set on the campus in 1966, twelve essays from fellow students and friends from King's college days, and a gallery of period photographs and documents. The book was edited by Jim Bishop, a former English instructor at the University of Maine who taught King.