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Examples of autobiographies and other forms of personal writing: Thomas Jefferson, whose life story included the original draft of the Declaration of Independence; Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography; Susan Rubin Suleiman on her Budapest Diary: In Search of the Motherbook and why she chose the diary form to record her return to her Hungarian homeland; Alice Kaplan on her French Lessons: A Memoir and on recapturing memories. The value of personal writing in the classroom. The intertwining of autobiographies and social context.
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