Anderson recalls a poor Midwestern boyhood with a father who was a ruined Southern dandy, a failed harness-maker and a self-styled sign-writer with a gift for tall tales. From there the book wanders, half memoir and half reverie, through factory towns, advertising offices and the slow discovery of what it means to tell stories honestly.
Essential reading for admirers of Winesburg, Ohio and of American literary memoir. Download the free EPUB.