About the Author

Robert F. Sayre, a leading authority on American autobiographical writing, is professor of English at the University of Iowa. He is the author of The Examined Self: Benjamin Franklin, Henry Adams, Henry James and Thoreauand the American Indians. He is the editor of New Essays on Walden and Take This Exit: Rediscovering the Iowa Landscape.

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"Schools, academic, and public libraries will cheer this admirable work of research; highly recommended."--Library Journal

"Schools, academic, and public libraries will cheer this admirable work of research; highly recommended."--Library Journal