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When History Is Personal Mimi Schwartz University of Nebraska Press Lincoln & London © 2018 by Mimi Schwartz Acknowledgments for the use of copyrighted material appear on pages 223–25, which constitute an extension of the copyright page. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging- in-P ublication Data Names: Schwartz, Mimi author. Title: When history is personal / Mimi Schwartz. Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018. Identifiers: lccn 2017043647 isbn 9781496206305 (paperback: alk. paper) isbn 9781496207296 (epub) isbn 9781496207302 (mobi) isbn 9781496207319 (pdf) Subjects: lcsh: Schwartz, Mimi. | English teachers—U nited States—B iography. | Jewish women— United States—B iography. Classification: lcc pe64.s38 a3 2018 | ddc 818/.603 [B]—d c23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017043647 Set in New Baskerville ITC Pro by Mikala R Kolander. Designed by L. Auten. To Carly, Kyle, Sara, Jason, and Karen as history becomes theirs Who lives? Who dies? Who tells their story? —L in-M anuel Miranda Contents List of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Part 1. Family Haunts My Father Always Said 3 The Coronation of Bobby 17 Love in a Handbag 25 When to Forget 33 “It’s Just Like Benheim” 39 Part 2. In and Out My Front Door First Thanksgiving, 1962 49 Of the King’s Highway 55 A Trunk of Surprise 69 What’s a Rally to Do? 75 Close Call 83 At the Johnson Hair Salon 97 Echo across the Road 105
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