With a nod to the past, Mintz revisits an alternative to the goal-driven realities of contemporary childhood. An odyssey of psychological self-discovery and growth, this book suggests a vision of childhood that embraces risk and freedom-like the daring adventure on Huck's raft.
Like Huck's raft, the experience of American childhood has been both adventurous and terrifying. Mintz gives readers the first comprehensive history of American childhood, encompassing both the child's and the adult's tumultuous early years of life.
