Remembered Childhoods: A guide to Autobiography and Memoirs of Childhood and Youth
Libraries Unlimited | Jeffrey E. Long | Reader's Advisory | March 2007
ISBN 10: 1591581745
ISBN 13: 9781591581741
Memoirs and autobiographies—from the Diary of Ann Frank and Gilbreth’s Cheaper by the Dozen to Dillard’s An American Childhood and Fuller’s Don’t Let’s go to the Dogs Tonight—offer a unique and intimate glimpse into others’ lives. Focusing on books that tell the remembered stories of childhood and youth, this guide organizes and describes 2,500–3,000 titles in categories that reflect common reading preferences and tastes in this genre. Long groups works into areas that reflect the essence of character, while touching upon other appeals, such as “adventurers, explorers , and warriors,” “spanning the generations,” “the darker side of childhood,” “multicultural heritage,” and “survivors and victims.” Subdivisions within these categories further refine the list. A detailed subject index and author/title index provide additional points of access. Treatment is thorough, with coverage up to the present. Emphasis is on works written in or subsequently translated into English, with most stories set in North America. Pithy annotations offer a brief plot summary and provide complete bibliographic information, including birth and death dates of the author. A unique indexed collective bibliography and filmography complete this unique resource.
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