On Our Way (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- First Published: 1952
- Time of Work: 1819–1940
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Frederick Douglass, Bob Feller, Eddie Foy, Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, Emily Kimbrough, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Will James
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Social action, Family or family life, Acting or actors, Adolescence, Authors or writers, Autobiography, Education or educators, Schools or school life, Disasters, Natural disasters, Fire, Floods, Athletes
- Locales: United States
Form and Content
Editors Robert Patterson, Mildred Mebel, and Lawrence Hill, in On Our Way: Young Pages from American Autobiography, set out deliberately to choose “adventures” as they selected passages from the youthful sections of a wide range of autobiographies. The incidents described are exciting and quite varied. The excerpts are arranged alphabetically, by the author’s last name. Each selection is preceded by a headnote providing background information and is followed by an endnote telling of the person’s adult life.
Some episodes recounted deal...
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