A wonderful keepsake, write your life story.

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Product Description

More than 250,000 copies sold! An even easier to use, revised edition of the popular do-it-yourself memoir

A lot has happened in the decade since grandfather-and-grandson team Carl and David Marshall fi rst published The Book of Myself. The American family, which was then undergoing vast changes, has only changed more. Intended as a keepsake memoir to be passed down from generation to generation, this book of questions -- which has already sold more than a quarter of a million copies -- has now been updated to reflect those changes. Though still organized by Early, Middle, and Later Years, the 201 questions have been reordered to start with more objective, easy-to-answer prompts before moving to reflective queries, followed by deeper interpretive questions.

With a homespun yet elegant design and colored ink throughout, this new edition of The Book of Myself is the perfect way to record the turning points and everyday recollections of a lifetime and share them with future generations.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #328053 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Amazon.com
Strong is the urge to write one's life story as a keepsake for oneself and one's family. The difficulty is knowing where to start, and then where to go from there. Carl and David Marshall, a grandfather-grandson team, have created a fine and fun do-it-yourself autobiography. The cover of the journal-sized Book of Myself is intended to resemble handmade paper; the inside pages have the yellowed hue of a keepsake found in a musty attic trunk. The book is not especially pretty. But the questions--one per page, divided into early, middle, and late years, and then again into sections concerning family, friends, education, work and responsibilities, and the world--are good enough that it hardly matters. Among the 201 jumping-off points included here are questions concerning childhood toys, crushes, and forbidden exploits; adult embarrassments, betrayals, and achievements; and how one's views change over the years. --Jane Steinberg

About the Author
Carl Marshall was a professor of mathematics at Oklahoma State University, and created the university’s graduate program in statistics. The Book of Myself is based on his own experience in writing his life story. David Marshall is also the coauthor, with his wife, Kate, of The Book of Us: A Journal of Your Love Story in 150 Questions. He lives with his family in northern California.

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Customer Reviews

Still not received!
Sadly enough the person I wanted to surprise did NOT receive this item yet. It's been a full month already...

Involves some work
I love the premise of this book--and got copies for friends and family members--but the point of it is you have to contribute the memories. There are 201 questions that, when answered by the recipient, will produce an autobiography that could turn into a family heirloom.
If you're giving this book to an elderly person, why not ask them the questions and then fill in their answers? That way you will have some great personal time, find out a few surprises, and produce a journal of life stories that will record some family history.
You get out of Book of Myself just what you put into it. Maybe this is the year to finish this project.

Great way to leave the story of your life behind
I love this book. It is broken up into the different stages of your life- Early years, high school, young adult- etc. I have yet to experience my first child and such so those pages are blank, but they are waiting to be filled. I love that I have it sitting at my bedside and when I think of something I have it and can start writing. There is one page for each question- just enough room to write about it.
My husband wil pick up and read page here and there and it is an interesting conversation starter. I have bought several as presents.