Remembered Childhoods

Focusing on first-person accounts that tell, at least in part, the remembered stories of childhood and youth, this guide organizes more than 2,800 titles in categories that reflect shared themes and characteristics . Long groups works into such chapters as " The Travelled and the Captive: Adventurers, Explorers, and Warriors"; "Homes and Haunts: The Places and Cultures of Native Lands"; and "The Darker Side of Childhood; Outcasts, Violence, Abuse, Poverty, and Other Traumas ". Keywords and occasional notes, along with birth and death dates of the author, accompany the entries, offering further insights into coverage.

Introduction : autobiography, memoir, and biography
The traveled and the captive : adventurers, explorers, and warriors	p. 1
Connections with nature : on the job, in the field, at home	p. 13
Rural and city life : living on the land, exotic locales, urban living	p. 19
Homes and haunts : the places and cultures of native lands	p. 41
Multicultural heritages : lives and cultures in transition	p. 91
Survivors and victims : slavery, racism, holocaust, and other traumas of war	p. 105
Coping with challenges of body and mind : diseases, disabilities, and conditions	p. 123
Thinkers and believers : intellectuals, historians, journalists, and reformers	p. 135
Men and women of words : writers, publishers, poets, and other book people	p. 169
Capturing the world in color and form : artists, architects, designers, and friends of the arts	p. 213
Let us entertain you : actors, musicians, dancers, and comedians	p. 219
The play's the thing : sports, recreation, and athletes	p. 237
Lives of care, creation, and calculation : health professionals, scientists, and mathematicians	p. 243
Worlds of commerce and government : business, finance, politicians, and the rich	p. 251
Inside and outside the law : lawyers, judges, police, criminals, and prisoners	p. 261
The darker side of childhood : outcasts, violence, abuse, poverty, and other traumas	p. 267
Spanning the generations : mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, and extended family	p. 289
Bibliography of collective works	p. 307
Disputed titles	p. 343
Coming-of-age movies based on autobiographical or semiautobiographical writings : a selective filmography	p. 347
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