Once Upon a Childhood: Stories and Memories of American Youth

By Eileen Panetta and Barbara H. Solomon

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451212967
• ISBN13: 9780451212962
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher