Constructing American lives : biography & culture in nineteenth-century America - Casper, Scott E. (Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1999)
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Yale University)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-425) and index
Keywords: Biography as a literary form; United States -- Biography -- History and criticism; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century