Bibliograph

Jacob's well:, a case for rethinking family history, Joseph A. Amato

Type

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Jacob's well:, a case for rethinking family history, Joseph A. Amato

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jacob's well:

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Joseph A. Amato

Sub title

a case for rethinking family history

Summary

Joseph A. Amato follows his own poor, obscure, and truly "mongrel" family through seven generations, revealing their place in the key events of America's past. Using powerful family traditions to clarify his personal connection to the larger stories of our nation, Amato advocates for the power of the history closest at hand in building personal identity and resisting mass culture

Target audience

adult

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