Attrition

Wannamaker, JimProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.5

Word count: 58K words
Chapters: 6

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Attrition by Jim WannamakerAuthor: Wannamaker, Jim,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jan 14, 2008

Editor's review

Attrition is a work by Jim Wanamaker, released by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain e-book and classified under American and Canadian literature. From the available information, it is a narrative work of modest length, suitable for quick access and reading through in electronic form. Its value as a public-domain resource lies in being freely downloadable, searchable, and citable, giving readers low-cost access to a text in American literature that is rarely included in mainstream anthologies. It may be read in the context of twentieth-century American popular narrative, with attention to how it handles characters' circumstances and the advancement of conflict. Lacking a modern publisher's introduction and notes, readers must grasp the background on their own; for coursework or research, it is advisable to cross-reference reliable literary-historical sources and biographical information about the author rather than draw excessive inferences from a single electronic text. Overall, this is a niche title suited to broadening one's reading horizons and experiencing the convenience of public-domain e-books.

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Read through once to grasp the direction of the story, then revisit key passages and note changes in the characters' relationships.
Jot down unfamiliar period background or cultural references as you read and look them up afterward.
For research, confirm the work's position with American literary-history sources rather than interpreting it in isolation.
Read alongside other public-domain American short works to compare narrative techniques and thematic concerns.

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About the author

Wannamaker, Jim Author

Jim Wannamaker is an author about whom very little public information is currently available; his nationality, dates of birth and death, and full English name have not been reliably recorded. According to the library's holdings, he has two works, Death's Wisher and Attrition. Judging from the titles alone, his writing may lean toward suspense, thriller, or darkly toned fiction, with images of death and depletion suggesting a tense atmosphere in which characters face persistent crisis and confrontation. Because external information such as translators, publishers, and reader reviews is lacking, it is difficult to assess the specific features of his style or the influence of his works. This introduction is based solely on the library's records and makes no speculation about the author's life; as more bibliographic and edition information emerges, a clearer picture of his writing may come to light.