This is the early life of Irvin Berlin. Mattie Frances Miller was the first child of Irvin Berlin. He was only 15 years of age when she was born. He also fathered five other children with Matilda Walthall and Mattie Miller raised four of them. Of these four three because famous musicians. The book tells of his many talents and how his genius genes were passed down to his offspring. This book is told firsthand by Marilyn Jenkins who is the only daughter of Mattie Frances Miller, the first child fathered by Irvin Berlin..