He developed it as a unique look on the race relationships within the U.S. Harris did not record dates like other memoir writers, he was more about reminiscing about the trip after the next.
This memoir focuses more on the writing techniques in narrative then expository like the common memoir. Mainly because of Harris' use of imagery and description.
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