Once Upon a Childhood: Stories and Memories of American Youth

by Barbara H. Solomon (Editor), Eileen Panetta (Editor)

Other authors: Dorothy Allison (Contributor), Julia Alvarez (Contributor), Russell Baker (Contributor), Toni Cade Bambara (Contributor), T.C. Boyle (Contributor) — 25 more, Art Buchwald (Contributor), Willa Cather (Contributor), Veronica Chambers (Contributor), Sandra Cisneros (Contributor), Frank Conroy (Contributor), Mary Crow Dog (Contributor), Laura Shaine Cunningham (Contributor), Michael Cunningham (Contributor), Beverly Donofrio (Contributor), F. Scott Fitzgerald (Contributor), Ben Fong-Torres (Contributor), Ernest Hemingway (Contributor), Katherine L. Hester (Contributor), Alice Hoffman (Contributor), Warren Kliewer (Contributor), David Leavitt (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor), James McBride (Contributor), Mary McCarthy (Contributor), Bharati Mukherjee (Contributor), Kate Simon (Contributor), Gary Soto (Contributor), Piri Thomas (Contributor), Rebecca Walker (Contributor), Tobias Wolff (Contributor)

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Ranging from the true-life experiences of Black, White and Jewish author Rebecca Walker to the dazzling short fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Once Upon a Childhood offers stories of family bonds and lessons learned throughout America, past and present. Includes writings by: Dorothy Allison Julia Alvarez T. Coraghessan Boyle Art Buchwald Willa Cather Sandra Cisneros Michael Cunningham Mary Crow Dog F. Scott Fitzgerald Ben Fong-Torres Ernest Hemingway Alice Hoffman Jack London James McBride Mary McCarthy Bharati Mukherjee Rebecca Walker Tobias Wolff… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Solomon, Barbara H.	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Panetta, Eileen	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Allison, Dorothy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Alvarez, Julia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baker, Russell	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bambara, Toni Cade	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Boyle, T.C.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Buchwald, Art	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cather, Willa	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chambers, Veronica	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cisneros, Sandra	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Conroy, Frank	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Crow Dog, Mary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cunningham, Laura Shaine	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cunningham, Michael	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Donofrio, Beverly	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fitzgerald, F. Scott	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fong-Torres, Ben	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hemingway, Ernest	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hester, Katherine L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hoffman, Alice	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kliewer, Warren	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Leavitt, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
London, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McBride, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McCarthy, Mary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mukherjee, Bharati	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Simon, Kate	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Soto, Gary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Thomas, Piri	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Walker, Rebecca	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wolff, Tobias	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Ranging from the true-life experiences of Black, White and Jewish author Rebecca Walker to the dazzling short fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Once Upon a Childhood offers stories of family bonds and lessons learned throughout America, past and present. Includes writings by: Dorothy Allison Julia Alvarez T. Coraghessan Boyle Art Buchwald Willa Cather Sandra Cisneros Michael Cunningham Mary Crow Dog F. Scott Fitzgerald Ben Fong-Torres Ernest Hemingway Alice Hoffman Jack London James McBride Mary McCarthy Bharati Mukherjee Rebecca Walker Tobias Wolff

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