Home to the Wilderness (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Sally Carrighar
- First Published: 1973
- Time of Work: 1910–1944
- Setting: Ohio, Kansas, California, and Missouri
- Principal Characters: Sally Carrighar, Mrs. Carrighar, Mr. Carrighar, John Craig, Mrs. C. R. Woodworth, Dr. Carl Renz, Harry Nicolet
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Abused persons, Authors or writers, Autobiography, Child abuse, Psychoanalysis or psychoanalysts, Animals, Naturalists
- Locales: California, Ohio, Kansas, Missouri
Form and Content
In Home to the Wilderness: A Personal Journey, Sally Carrighar relates her unhappy life from her childhood to the moment when she discovered her life’s calling—to be a naturalist. She presents her story in nine chapters and provides eight pages of photographs. The narrative is very complete, with Carrighar providing background information as it is needed.
Carrighar begins her autobiography by recalling pleasant afternoon outings with her father that were interrupted by her mother’s jealousy. Chapter 1, “The Blast Furnace,” also explores...
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