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Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself (review)

Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself (review) 480 Biography 31.3 (Summer 2008) an inevitable element of slave narrative, since the very existence of the form depends on the successful escape of the narrator” (71). It is a peculiar asser- tion to make in a volume that extensively discusses the narratives of Briton Hammon, whose story ends with his reunion with his master, and Venture Smith, who purchases his own freedom. Still, this edition of The Cambridge Companion not only meets but exceeds the goals of its editor. It provides cogent answers to the whos, whats, and why, but the text also contains a comprehensive “Guide to Further Reading” replete with a list of anthologies, critical essays, neo-slave narratives, and general studies that will facilitate con- tinued analyses of antebellum slave authors. Jessie L. Dunbar Donald Harman Akenson. Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s UP, 2007. 360 pp. ISBN 0-7735-3295-1, $29.95. Score one more for the advocates of narrative’s culture-constructing power. In a work that combines admirable scholarly detail, depth, and range, as well as wit and imaginative insight, Donald Akenson analyzes western humanity’s effort to “track itself ” genealogically. Benefi ting from Akenson’s expertise as a leading Irish social http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biography University of Hawai'I Press

Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself (review)

Flake, Kathleen.
Biography , Volume 31 (3) – Nov 21, 2008
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480 Biography 31.3 (Summer 2008) an inevitable element of slave narrative, since the very existence of the form depends on the successful escape of the narrator” (71). It is a peculiar asser- tion to make in a volume that extensively discusses the narratives of Briton Hammon, whose story ends with his reunion with his master, and Venture Smith, who purchases his own freedom. Still, this edition of The Cambridge Companion not only meets but exceeds the goals of its editor. It provides cogent answers to the whos, whats, and why, but the text also contains a comprehensive “Guide to Further Reading” replete with a list of anthologies, critical essays, neo-slave narratives, and general studies that will facilitate con- tinued analyses of antebellum slave authors. Jessie L. Dunbar Donald Harman Akenson. Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s UP, 2007. 360 pp. ISBN 0-7735-3295-1, $29.95. Score one more for the advocates of narrative’s culture-constructing power. In a work that combines admirable scholarly detail, depth, and range, as well as wit and imaginative insight, Donald Akenson analyzes western humanity’s effort to “track itself ” genealogically. Benefi ting from Akenson’s expertise as a leading Irish social

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