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Collective Memory, Commemoration, Memory, and History: Or William O'Bryan, the Bible Christians, and Me
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 25, Number 1, Winter 2002
- pp. 46-57
- 10.1353/bio.2002.0008
- Article
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An experiment in combining autobiography with history, the essay explores the meanings of a writer's chance encounter on a return to the Cornish farm where she grew up. These include the nature and failure of collective memory, the significance of acts of commemoration, and the importance of a shared location in shaping historical research.