"The Oxford project is a living time capsule that challenges assumptions and shatters stereotypes as it reveals the extraordinary true tale of one seemingly ordinary American town. Its power is grounded in a captivating series of then-and-now portraits of Oxford residents--taken in 1984 and again today--and in the confessional first-person prose accompanying each pair of photographs. In these pages, the story of two decades unfolds before your eyes"--Page 4 of cover.