For a colonial classic that sort of bridges your novel/personal memoir
categories, may I suggest William Byrd's Secret History?
For a couple of 20th century personal memoirs, I suggest Francis Pickens
Miller's Man from the Valley, and Donald McCaig's An American Homeplace
(which describes his life up near Monterey).
David Kiracofe
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