num_pages: 192
description: The stories in this collection all bear some relationship to history, personal or communal. Several are based on iconic American figures, from William Miller to Margaret Hamilton to Ray Charles. Others evince a feminist impulse to redeem from history the women whose lives have gone unremarked.
language: English
title: History Lessons: Stories
titlecomplete: History Lessons: Stories
ratings_count: 10
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction
publisher: University of Massachusetts Press