Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-246) and index. |
Summary |
"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, truth-telling, and the nature of print media as the country was shifting to a market economy. This book describes the controversies surrounding these little-read tales and returns them to the social worlds where they were produced."--Jacket. |
Contents |
Beggars -- Convicts -- Slaves -- Prisoners of war -- Epilogue: lovers, farm wives, and tramps. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
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United States. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Autobiography.
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Autobiography. |
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Poor -- United States -- Biography.
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Poor. |
Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Fabian, Ann. Unvarnished truth. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000 0520218620 (DLC) 99012652 (OCoLC)40744322 |
ISBN |
9780520928039 (electronic book) |
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0520928032 (electronic book) |
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0585274134 (electronic book) |
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9780585274133 (electronic book) |
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0520218620 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520218628 |
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