Cabeza de Vaca's classic memoir has since become a treasure in its own right.

The classic American memoir "Cheaper by the Dozen" centers on the hilarious 12-child Gilbreth family, whose father was a famous efficiency expert.

He produced a classic memoir, as the genre was then understood: important events related by a great man who shaped them.

Defeat into Victory is widely regarded as a classic memoir of high command.

It is now a classic spiritual memoir.

At times, the litany of gothic misfortune recalls Harry Crews's classic memoir, "A Childhood."

They add that if he has not written the classic memoirs of the retired statesman, it may be because, at 62 years of age, he still entertains political ambitions.

He is the author of "Stop-Time," a classic coming-of-age memoir, and several other books, including "Body and Soul," a novel.

Jewson has documented his repair work in his classic memoir, By Chance I did Rove (1951, twice reprinted).

Commodore Tung, Miles's Dendarii chief of staff and a certified military history nut, had been plying Miles with a series of classic military memoirs lately.