This volume presents 34 autobiographical chapters from past issues of "Annual Reviews." These essays have been written by scientists active in all areas of research. Some examples are the following: "Musings of an Erstwhile Plant Pathologist" by F.C. Bawden, "Some Personal History and Reflections from the Life of a Biochemist" by John T. Edsall,…

The experiences of a cerebral palsied individual in meeting the challenges of education and employment are narrated. Self-acceptance and an ability to understand people are two important factors which were found to assist the handicapped individual to overcome social pressures. (EC)

Examines George S. Schuyler's life and his autobiography, "Black and Conservative"; concludes that Schuyler was a unique example of a Black intellectual who struggled with the race issue for years only to emerge as a reactionary who refused to recognize race as an issue. (GW)

Notes that Douglass's autobiography has been most often studied in the last, longest, and most complete version of 1892 but argues that the 1845 narrative should be of interest to students of American literary history. (AM)

Analyzes "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" as a narrative which is about the growth of an individual and the experience of a people. Discusses nature of Malcolm's autobiography, the radicalizing changes that he underwent throughout his life, his acceptance of Islam, his assumption of the role of educator for the Black people, and his…

Students read Mark Vonnegut's "The Eden Express," an autobiographical account of a young man's schizophrenic breakdown, and wrote papers comparing how different perspectives, e.g., the biomedical and behavioral, would describe the cause and cure of Vonnegut's schizophrenia. Students liked the book and the assignment. (RM)

Reviews new picture books, novels, anthologies, and nonfiction works and provides age-level indicators. (CRH)

Based on the idea that a personal history is a gift to share and can restore the connection between generations, this book is animated by the belief that life has value and knowledge for others. The book traces the writing process of producing a personal history with supportive coaching, stimulating questions, shared memories, and evocative…

This book is an autobiographical account of the life of Eric Hawkins, a leading figure in language teaching. The author recounts his journey into language, which traces his formative experiences at school in 1920s Liverpool, taking him to pre-Civil War Spain, undergraduate life at Cambridge, language learning in the shadow of Nazi Germany, life as…

The three children who are the focus of this paper emerged from analysis of KS2 (Key Stage 2, ages 7 to 11 years) writing during the Kirklees Writing Project. This involved a group of six KS2 teachers bringing samples of students' work to evaluation meetings in which key factors of a particular genre were identified and differences in children's…

Special issue honoring Luis Rosales, contemporary Spanish poet. (DS)

Analysis of Old Times on the Mississippi," an autobiographical piece that reveals Twain's effort to understand the process that enables a man to grow emotionally and intellectually." (Author/SP)

He discusses the development of a pattern-variable scheme as a theoretical framwork for the analysis of social systems, social action in general, personalities, and of cultural systems. His primary intellectual role models are: Weber, Durkheim, and Freud. (SE)