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BL
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583743
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b412962
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Fabian, Ann
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| Title & Author
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The unvarnished truth : personal narratives in nineteenth-century America /\ Ann Fabian
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, 2000
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1 online resource (xiii, 255 p.) :: ill
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9780520928039 (electronic bk.)
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: 0520928032 (electronic bk.)
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: 0585274134 (electronic bk.)
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: 9780585274133 (electronic bk.)
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0520218620 (alk. paper)
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9780520218628
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-246) and index
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| Abstract
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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 well-crafted book describes the fascinating contro
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Autobiography
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Poor-- United States, Biography
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Electronic books.
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United States-- History-- 19th century, Biography
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History
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United States, History, 19th century, Biography
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| Dewey Classification
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920.073
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E337.5.F33 2000eb
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Ohio Library and Information Network
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