The Unvarnished Truth: Personal Narratives in Nineteenth-Century America

by Ann Fabian

Book Overview

The practice of selling one's tale of woe to make a buck has long been a part of American culture. The Unvarnished Truth: Personal Narratives in Nineteenth-Century America is a powerful cultural history of how ordinary Americans crafted and sold their stories of hardship and calamity during the nineteenth century. Ann Fabian examines the tales of beggars, convicts, ex-slaves, prisoners of the Confederacy, and others to explore cultural authority,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520232011
• ISBN13: 9780520232013
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"