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Modern American Memoirs
ISBN: 0060927631
ISBN-13: 9780060927639
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Excellent examples of the art of autobiography, these 35 memoirs are sheer pleasure to read. Some are by well-known authors (like Russell Baker, Kate Simon, and James Baldwin) and some by unknowns; all illuminate the vast variety of the American experience.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Perennial
Published date: 1996
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 449
Publisher's Notes
In Modern American Memoirs, two very discerning writers and readers have selected samples from 35 of the finest memoirs written in this century, including contributions by such diverse writers as Margaret Mead, Malcolm X, Maxine Hong Kingston, Loren Eisely, and Zora Neale Hurston. Chosen for their value as excellent examples of the art of biography as well as for their superb writing, the excerpts present a broad range of American life, and offer vivid insight into the real-life events that shaped their authors. Here, readers can learn about the time when Harry Crews, playing as a boy, fell into a vat of boiling water with a dead hog; Chris Offutt joined the circus and watched a tattooed woman swallow a fluorescent light; and Frank Conroy practiced yo-yo tricks.
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