The Unvarnished Truth

The Unvarnished Truth

Author: Ann Fabian

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 0520218620

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A study of the "plain unvarnished tales" of unschooled beggars, criminals, prisoners, and ex-slaves in the 19th century. Fabian shows how these works illuminate debates over who had the cultural authority to tell and sell their own stories. She gives us the origins of that curious American genre of selling one's tale of woe to make a buck, ala Oprah, et al.


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Author: Public Archives of Canada

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Published: 1901

Total Pages: 1156

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Report accompanied by historical documents, calendars, etc.