American Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Writing

By: Sayre, Robert F.

Book Overview

American Lives is a groundbreaking book, the first historically organized anthology of American autobiographical writing, bringing us fifty-five voices from throughout the nation's history, from Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Jonathan Edwards, and Richard Wright to Quaker preacher Elizabeth Ashbridge, con man Stephen Burroughs, and circus impresario P.T. Barnum. Representing canonical and non-canonical writers, slaves and slave-owners,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029914240X
• ISBN13: 9780299142407
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 732 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"