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Altrive Tales: Featuring a Memoir of the Author's Life: 1832 Charles Dickens: Autobiographical Fragment: 1847 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: The Autobiography Of Goethe: Truth And Poetry, From My Own Life: 1848 William Wordsworth: The Prelude: 1850 Leo Tolstoy: Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth: 1856 Alexandre Dumas: Mes Mémoires: 1856 John Neal
The main idea in A Short Narrative of My Life is the Great Awakening and how it is used to transform society. The Awakening was supposed to create more equality between different groups of people, but favoritism was still common.
Carson in 2015. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story or simply Gifted Hands is an autobiographical book about the success story of Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and future politician, and his life going from a failing student to leading a team of surgeons in the first known separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head. [1]
While an autobiography typically focuses on the "life and times" of the writer, a memoir has a narrower, more intimate focus on the author's memories, feelings and emotions. Memoirs have often been written by politicians or military leaders as a way to record and publish an account of their public exploits.
Author Title of book Year Remarks Valmiki: Ramayana: 500 BCE to 100 BCE: Sanskrit Banarasidas: Ardhakathānaka: 1641: Braj Bhasha Rassundari Devi: Aamar Jiban: 1876: Bengali Bhagat Singh: Why I Am An Atheist: 1931: Narmad: Mari Hakikat: 1933: Gujarati B. R. Ambedkar: Waiting for a Visa: 1935: The book is used as a textbook in Columbia ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 December 2024. American historian and socialist thinker (1922–2010) Howard Zinn Zinn in 2009 Born (1922-08-24) August 24, 1922 New York City, New York, U.S. Died January 27, 2010 (2010-01-27) (aged 87) Santa Monica, California, U.S. Education New York University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD ...
Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) is an autobiography written by British writer Roald Dahl. [1] This book describes his life from early childhood until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing children's books as a career.
Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography by South Africa's first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela, and it was first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co. [1] [2] The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years spent in prison.