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The New York Times bestseller--now with new material. Louie
Anderson has appeared many times on "The Tonight Show", and his
comedy specials on HBO and Showtime have won him wide acclaim. In
this series of emotionally charged letters to his alcoholic father,
Anderson reveals the sense of shame and insecurity that fuels his
comic routines.
In 1870, the University of Michigan-one of the oldest, largest, and
most prestigious public universities in the United States-admitted
its first woman student. "An American Girl, and Her Four Years in a
Boys' College," written by one of the first woman graduates from
the University of Michigan and published pseudonymously in 1878,
describes what it was like to be a member of this tiny group of
brave coeds. The story is told through the eyes of Wilhelmine
Elliot, an untraditional girl who enrolls at the fictional
University of Ortonville, a thinly disguised stand-in for the
University of Michigan.
Will's challenges mirror those of other women college students of
the era, including the reactions of male faculty and students,
relationships with other women students and with family and friends
back home, and social attitudes toward the women's movement and
liberal religious values. The editors' engaging introduction places
the novel in its relevant historical and literary contexts, as do
helpful annotations throughout the text.
"The 1870s were an important moment of debate over women's roles
and responsibilities. What's here is very interesting not only
about higher education, and 'strong-minded women, ' but about
religion, domesticity, independence, marriage, and homosocial
bonding."
--Carol Lasser, Oberlin College
Olive San Louie Anderson (ca. 1852-86) graduated from the
University of Michigan in 1875 and published" An American Girl" in
1878 under the name SOLA. Elisabeth Israels Perry is John Francis
Bannon Professor of History, Saint Louis University. Jennifer Ann
Price is a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at Saint Louis
University.
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