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MEMOIRS AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF FAMOUS AND NOT-SO-FAMOUS PEOPLE

Some personal documents (autobiographies, diaries, memoirs, and letters) rank among the world's greatest literature. A memoir is defined as a history or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to, and often confused with, autobiography, a memoir usually differs chiefly in the degree of emphasis placed on external events; whereas writers of autobiography are concerned primarily with themselves as subject matter, writers of memoir are usually persons who have played roles in, or have been close observers of, historical events and whose main purpose is to describe or interpret the events.

The following books and films are available at the Newton Free Library. The Newton Free Library, as well as the Minuteman Library Network, has many other memoirs and personal accounts written by famous and not-so-famous people. The listed Web sites will also assist you in finding helpful information. Ask a librarian, if you need help.

Anders, Gigi. Jubana!: The Awkwardly True and Dazzling Adventures of a Jewish Cubana Goddess. New York: Rayo, 2005. E ANDERS .AN 2005

Ardalan, Davar. My Name Is Iran: A Memoir. New York: H. Holt, 2007. E A676 .AR 2007

Barnes, Kim (Editor) Kiss Tomorrow Hello: Notes from the Midlife Underground by Twenty-Five Women over Forty. New York: Doubleday, c2006. 305.244 K64B 2006

Berntsen, Gary. Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander. New York: Crown Publishers, c2005. 327.127 BERNTSEN 2005

Bialoszewski, Miron. A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising. Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis, c1977.
940.548 B47M 1977

Budge, John Donald. Don Budge: A Tennis Memoir. New York: Viking Press, 1969. E B859 .BU 1969

Bullard, Pamela. The Hardest Lesson: Personal Accounts of a School Desegregation Crisis. Boston: Little, Brown, c1980. 370.193 B87H 1980

Caras, Steven. Balanchine, Photo Album and Memoir. New York: Rizzoli, 1985. 792.809 C17B 1985

Claxton, Eve (Editor). The World's Best Memoir Writing: The Literature of Life from St. Augustine to Gandhi, and from Pablo Picasso to Nelson Mandela. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, c2007.
920 W89C 2007

Finkelstein, Norman G. The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A Personal Account of the Intifada Years. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, c1996. 956.94 F49R 1996

Ford, Marcia. Memoir of a Misfit: Finding My Place in the Family of God. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, c2003. 277.308 FORD 2003

Fyvel, T. R. George Orwell, A Personal Memoir. New York: Macmillan, c1982. 823.09 O79 .FY 1982

Gadea, Hilda. Ernesto: A Memoir of Che Guevara. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972.
E G9389 .GA 1972

Gofferje, Hadwig. A Memoir in Letters: My Life on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain. New York: iUniverse, 2005. E GOFFERJE .GO 2005

Hotchner, A. E. Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999.
823.09 H37 .HO 1999

Howard, Kim (Editor). Out & About Campus: Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered College Students. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2000. 378.198 O94H 2000

Jong, Erica. Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir. Hingham, MA: Wheeler Pub., c1994. E J732 .JO

Kamler, Kenneth. Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World: A Personal Account including the 1996 Disaster. New York: Lyons Press, c2000. 796.522 KAMLER 2000

Knox, John. The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox: A Year in the Life of a Supreme Court Clerk in FDR's Washington. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. 347.732 KNOX 2002

Kraft, Heidi Squier. Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2007. 956.704 K85R 2007

Lynd, Alice. We Won't Go; Personal Accounts of War Objectors. Boston: Beacon Press, 1968.
959.7 L98W 1968

Mack, Richard E. Memoir of a Cold War Soldier. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, c2001. 951.904 MACK 2001

Mitterrand, François. Memoir in Two Voices - François Mitterand, Elie Wiesel. New York: Arcade Pub., c1996. 944.083 M69M 1996

Moaveni, Azadeh. Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American In Iran. New York: Public Affairs, 2005. E MOAVENI .MO 2005

Munro, Eleanor C. Memoir of a Modernist's Daughter. New York, NY: Viking, 1988. E M926 .MU 1988

Neider, Susan M. (Editor). Wild Yosemite: Personal Accounts of Adventure, Discovery and Nature. New York: Skyhorse Pub., 2007. 917.447 W64N 2007

Nestor, Theo Pauline. How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir. New York: Crown, 2007.
E N378 .NE 2008

O'Brien, Conor Cruise. Memoir: My Life and Themes. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000.
E 013 .OB 2000

Riefenstahl, Leni. A Memoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. E R443 .RI 1993

Salinger, Pierre. P.S., A Memoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. E S165 .SA 1995

Truong, Nhu Tang. A Vietcong Memoir. New York: Vintage Books, 1985. 959.704 T75V 1986

Watson, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Touchstone, 2001, c1996. 575.1 WATSON 2001

Williams, Kayla. Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army. New York: W.W. Norton, c2005. 355.0082 WILLIAMS 2005

INTERNET RESOURCES

www.library.pima.gov/books/pageturners/biographies.cfm A list of 15 memoirs.

www.overbooked.org/booklists/nf/memoirs.html Brief reviews for 95 very personal autobiographical writings.

www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/memoirs.html 85 memoirs for book discussion groups.

This project is being funded through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

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Reference Materials>Bibliography> Bibliography MEMOIRS AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF FAMOUS AND NOT-SO-FAMOUS PEOPLE Some personal documents (autobiographies, diaries, memoirs, and letters) rank among the world's greatest literature. A memoir is defined as a history or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to, and often confused with, autobiography, a memoir usually differs chiefly in the degree of emphasis placed on external events; whereas writers of autobiography are concerned primarily with themselves as subject matter, writers of memoir are usually persons who have played roles in, or have been close observers of, historical events and whose main purpose is to describe or interpret the events. The following books and films are available at the Newton Free Library. The Newton Free Library, as well as the Minuteman Library Network, has many other memoirs and personal accounts written by famous and not-so-famous people. The listed Web sites will also assist you in finding helpful information. Ask a librarian, if you need help. Anders, Gigi. Jubana!: The Awkwardly True and Dazzling Adventures of a Jewish Cubana Goddess. New York: Rayo, 2005. E ANDERS .AN 2005 Ardalan, Davar. My Name Is Iran: A Memoir. New York: H. Holt, 2007. E A676 .AR 2007 Barnes, Kim (Editor) Kiss Tomorrow Hello: Notes from the Midlife Underground by Twenty-Five Women over Forty. New York: Doubleday, c2006. 305.244 K64B 2006 Berntsen, Gary. Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander. New York: Crown Publishers, c2005. 327.127 BERNTSEN 2005 Bialoszewski, Miron. A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising. Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis, c1977. 940.548 B47M 1977 Budge, John Donald. Don Budge: A Tennis Memoir. New York: Viking Press, 1969. E B859 .BU 1969 Bullard, Pamela. The Hardest Lesson: Personal Accounts of a School Desegregation Crisis. Boston: Little, Brown, c1980. 370.193 B87H 1980 Caras, Steven. Balanchine, Photo Album and Memoir. New York: Rizzoli, 1985. 792.809 C17B 1985 Claxton, Eve (Editor). The World's Best Memoir Writing: The Literature of Life from St. Augustine to Gandhi, and from Pablo Picasso to Nelson Mandela. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, c2007. 920 W89C 2007 Finkelstein, Norman G. The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A Personal Account of the Intifada Years. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, c1996. 956.94 F49R 1996 Ford, Marcia. Memoir of a Misfit: Finding My Place in the Family of God. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, c2003. 277.308 FORD 2003 Fyvel, T. R. George Orwell, A Personal Memoir. New York: Macmillan, c1982. 823.09 O79 .FY 1982 Gadea, Hilda. Ernesto: A Memoir of Che Guevara. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972. E G9389 .GA 1972 Gofferje, Hadwig. A Memoir in Letters: My Life on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain. New York: iUniverse, 2005. E GOFFERJE .GO 2005 Hotchner, A. E. Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999. 823.09 H37 .HO 1999 Howard, Kim (Editor). Out & About Campus: Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered College Students. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2000. 378.198 O94H 2000 Jong, Erica. Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir. Hingham, MA: Wheeler Pub., c1994. E J732 .JO Kamler, Kenneth. Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World: A Personal Account including the 1996 Disaster. New York: Lyons Press, c2000. 796.522 KAMLER 2000 Knox, John. The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox: A Year in the Life of a Supreme Court Clerk in FDR's Washington. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. 347.732 KNOX 2002 Kraft, Heidi Squier. Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2007. 956.704 K85R 2007 Lynd, Alice. We Won't Go; Personal Accounts of War Objectors. Boston: Beacon Press, 1968. 959.7 L98W 1968 Mack, Richard E. Memoir of a Cold War Soldier. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, c2001. 951.904 MACK 2001 Mitterrand, François. Memoir in Two Voices - François Mitterand, Elie Wiesel. New York: Arcade Pub., c1996. 944.083 M69M 1996 Moaveni, Azadeh. Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American In Iran. New York: Public Affairs, 2005. E MOAVENI .MO 2005 Munro, Eleanor C. Memoir of a Modernist's Daughter. New York, NY: Viking, 1988. E M926 .MU 1988 Neider, Susan M. (Editor). Wild Yosemite: Personal Accounts of Adventure, Discovery and Nature. New York: Skyhorse Pub., 2007. 917.447 W64N 2007 Nestor, Theo Pauline. How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir. New York: Crown, 2007. E N378 .NE 2008 O'Brien, Conor Cruise. Memoir: My Life and Themes. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000. E 013 .OB 2000 Riefenstahl, Leni. A Memoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. E R443 .RI 1993 Salinger, Pierre. P.S., A Memoir. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. E S165 .SA 1995 Truong, Nhu Tang. A Vietcong Memoir. New York: Vintage Books, 1985. 959.704 T75V 1986 Watson, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Touchstone, 2001, c1996. 575.1 WATSON 2001 Williams, Kayla. Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army. New York: W.W. Norton, c2005. 355.0082 WILLIAMS 2005 INTERNET RESOURCES www.library.pima.gov/books/pageturners/biographies.cfm A list of 15 memoirs. www.overbooked.org/booklists/nf/memoirs.html Brief reviews for 95 very personal autobiographical writings. www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/memoirs.html 85 memoirs for book discussion groups. This project is being funded through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. 5/4/2008 ejw Newton Free Library Newton, Massachusetts