| First Person Past: American Autobiographies, Volume 1 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Morton, Marian (Editor), Duncan, Russell (Editor) |
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ISBN: 188108907X ISBN-13: 9781881089070 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $52.73 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2003 Annotation: The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon.The men and women presented here observed, shaped, or participated in many of the most exciting and important events of American history. First Person Past lets them speak for themselves. From the hundreds of American autobiographies, the editors have chosen twelve for each of Volumes I and II of First Person Past because they are interesting history and good literature. Their literary and historical virtues have been preserved as edited for inclusion in each volume. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 973.923 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon.The men and women presented here observed, shaped, or participated in many of the most exciting and important events of American history. First Person Past lets them speak for themselves. From the hundreds of American autobiographies, the editors have chosen twelve for each of Volumes I and II of First Person Past because they are interesting history and good literature. Their literary and historical virtues have been preserved as edited for inclusion in each volume. |