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Remembered childhoods : a guide to autobiography and memoirs of childhood and youth
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Remembered childhoods : a guide to autobiography and memoirs of childhood and youth

Author: Jeffrey E Long
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, ©2007.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jeffrey E Long
ISBN: 9781591581741 1591581745
OCLC Number: 85830722
Description: xxv, 495 p. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Autobiography, memoir, and biography -- The traveled and the captive: adventurers, explorers, and warriors -- Connections with nature: on the job, in the field, at home -- Rural and city life: living on the land, exotic locales, urban living -- Homes and haunts: the places and cultures of native lands -- Multicultural heritages: lives and cultures in transition -- Survivors and victims: slavery, racism, Holocaust, and other traumas of war -- Coping with challenges of body and mind: diseases, disabilities, and conditions -- Thinkers and believers: intellectuals, historians, journalists, and reformers -- Men and women of words: writers, publishers, poets, and other book people -- Capturing the world in color and form: artists, architects, designers, and friends of the arts -- Let us entertain you: actors, musicians, dancers, and comedians -- The play's the thing: sports, recreation, and athletes -- Lives of care, creation, and calculation: health professionals, scientists, and mathematicians -- Worlds of commerce and government: business, finance, politicians, and the rich -- Inside and outside the law: lawyers, judges, police, criminals, and prisoners -- The darker side of childhood: outcasts, violence, abuse, poverty, and other traumas -- Spanning the generations: mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, and extended family -- Appendix A. Bibliography of collective works -- Appendix B. Disputed titles -- Appendix C. Coming-of-age movies based on autobiographical or semiautobiographical writings: a selective filmography -- Appendix D. Resources -- Subject index -- Settings index -- Author/title index.
Responsibility: Jeffrey E. Long.
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