The Book of Myself: A Do-It-Yourself Autobiography in 201 Questions - Hardcover

Marshall, David; Marshall, Carl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786862505 ISBN 13: 9780786862504

Publisher: Hyperion, 1997

Synopsis

A keepsake fill-in book contains more than two hundred prompts divided into three life phases--Early, Middle, and Later Years--and separates each phase into five subject categories--Family, Friends, Education, Work/Responsibilities, and The World.

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Review:

Strong is the urge to write one's life story as a keepsake for oneself and one's family. The difficulty is knowing where to start, and then where to go from there. Carl and David Marshall, a grandfather-grandson team, have created a fine and fun do-it-yourself autobiography. The cover of the journal-sized Book of Myself is intended to resemble handmade paper; the inside pages have the yellowed hue of a keepsake found in a musty attic trunk. The book is not especially pretty. But the questions--one per page, divided into early, middle, and late years, and then again into sections concerning family, friends, education, work and responsibilities, and the world--are good enough that it hardly matters. Among the 201 jumping-off points included here are questions concerning childhood toys, crushes, and forbidden exploits; adult embarrassments, betrayals, and achievements; and how one's views change over the years. --Jane Steinberg

About the Author:

Carl E. Marshall was raised in rural Oklahoma and received his Bachelor's and MA in Mathematics from Oklahoma State University and his Doctorate in Statistics from Iowa State. He became a professor of Mathematics at OSU and created the university's graduate program in statistics. He was known by his colleagues as "Mr. Statistics of Oklahoma. David P. Marshall is the co-author, with his wife Kate, of THE BOOK OF US: A JOURNAL OF YOUR LOVE STORY IN 150 QUESTIONS, and THE BOOK OF MY PET: IN CELEBRATION OF PETS. Other Marshall books include WORDS TO LIVE BY: A JOURNAL OF WISDOM FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE, by Emily and Kate Marshall. He lives with his family in northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0786862505
• ISBN 13: 9780786862504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208