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Modern American memoirs / selected and edited by Annie Dillard and Cort Conley.
This astonishing collection of excerpts drawn from extraordinary 20th century American memoirs delights, surprises and enriches. Including work by James Baldwin, Kate Simon, Geoffrey Wolf and Margaret Mead, each entry is preceded by a biography of the writer. Funny, poignant and pensive, all are indicative of a time and place in history.
Record details
- ISBN: 0060927631
- ISBN: 9780060927639
- ISBN: 0060170409
- ISBN: 9780060170400
- Physical Description: xii, 449 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st HarperPerennial ed.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1996, �1995.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Childhood / Harry Crews -- Memoir of a modernist's daughter / Eleanor Munro -- Wolf willow / Wallace Stegner -- Bronx primitive / Kate Simon -- Growing up / Russell Baker -- Facts of life / Maureen Howard -- Sacred journey / Frederick Buechner -- Fierce attachments / Vivian Gornick -- Confessions of a knife / Richard Selzer -- Art and ardor / Cynthia Ozick -- Son of the middle border / Hamlin Garland -- Stop-time / Frank Conroy -- Autobiography of Malcolm X / Malcolm X -- Earth is enough / Harry Middleton -- Clear pictures / Reynolds Price -- Black boy / Richard Wright -- This boy's life / Tobias Wolff -- Shoot the piano player / Don Asher -- Will's boy / Wright Morris -- Woman warrior / Maxine Hong Kingston -- Notes of a native son / James Baldwin -- This stubborn soil / William Owens -- Going to the territory / Ralph Ellison -- Duke of deception / Geoffrey Wolff -- Same river twice / Chris Offutt -- Left handed / Left Handed -- Coming of age in Mississippi / Anne Moody -- Court of memory / James McConkey -- Who owns the West? / William Kittredge -- Replacing memory / Barry Lopez -- Dust tracks on a road / Zora Neale Hurston -- Blackberry winter / Margaret Mead -- Brothers and keepers / John Edgar Wideman -- Star thrower / Loren Eiseley -- Education of Henry Adams / Henry Adams.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | COLL BIO DILL 1995 | 286703 | Biography | Available | - |
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Version of Resource: http://www.gbv.de/dms/goettingen/18650795X.pdf
- Table of contents
| From A childhood / Harry Crews | ||
| From Memoir of a modernist's daughter / Eleanor Munro | ||
| From Wolf willow / Wallace Stegner | ||
| From Bronx primitive / Kate Simon | ||
| From Growing up / Russell Baker | ||
| From Facts of life / Maureen Howard | ||
| From The sacred journey / Frederick Buechner | ||
| From Fierce attachments / Vivian Gornick | ||
| From Confessions of a knife / Richard Selzer | ||
| From Art and ardor / Cynthia Ozick | ||
| From A son of the middle border / Hamlin Garland | ||
| From Stop-time / Frank Conroy | ||
| From The autobiography of Malcolm X / Malcolm X | ||
| From The earth is enough / Harry Middleton | ||
| From Clear pictures / Reynolds Price | ||
| From Black boy / Richard Wright | ||
| From This boy's life / Tobias Wolff | ||
| Shoot the piano player / Don Asher | ||
| From Will's boy / Wright Morris | ||
| From The woman warrior / Maxine Hong Kingston | ||
| From Notes of a native son / James Baldwin | ||
| From This stubborn soil / William Owens | ||
| From Going to the territory / Ralph Ellison | ||
| From The duke of deception / Geoffrey Wolff | ||
| From The same river twice / Chris Offutt | ||
| From Left handed / Left Handed | ||
| From Coming of age in Mississippi / Anne Moody | ||
| From Court of memory / James McConkey | ||
| Who won the West? / William Kittredge | ||
| Replacing memory / Barry Lopez | ||
| From Dust tracks on a road / Zora Neale Hurston | ||
| From Blackberry winter / Margaret Mead | ||
| From Brothers and keepers / John Edgar Wideman | ||
| The star thrower / Loren Eiseley | ||
| From The education of Henry Adams / Henry Adams. |