Octavo, xvi + 279 pp., frontis, b/w photos, notes. A family study from roots in Arcadia, England, Ireland, Prussia, & Sicily to Massachusetts, Maine, New York & the Midwest. Flat signed by the author on the t.p. Hard cover book & d/w in fine cond.

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Title: Jacob's Well: A Case for Rethinking Family History
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0873516133
ISBN 13: 9780873516136
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Through research, historical narratives, and storytelling, historian and author Joseph A. Amato demonstrates how Americans with mixed ancestry and common origins might produce truly extraordinary family histories as he follows his poor, obscure, and truly "mongrel" family through seven generations, revealing their place in the key events of America's past. Using powerful family traditions to clarify his personal connection to the larger stories of our nation, Amato advocates for the power of the history closest to hand in building personal identity and resisting mass culture.

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Joseph A. Amato is the author of Rethinking Home among other books and professor emeritus of history and rural and regional studies at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minnesota.

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