W knigu, sostawlennuu iswestnim amerikanskim professorom Bendghaminom Charshawom, woshli perwaa awtobiografia Shagala, do sego wremeni leghawshaa w rukopisi i tchastitchno napetchatannaa na idishe w 1925 godu, a takghe neskolko wospominany o bliskih yemu ludah, kotoriye on wsegda hotel wklutchit w rasskas o swoyei ghisni, i interwyu s iswestnim francusskim ghurnalistom.