A memoir is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a
The Chronology of Water (book)
…The Chronology of Water is a 2011 memoir by American writer Lidia Yuknavitch. Hoping to escape an abusive household, Lidia Yuknavitch enrolls in a Texas college on a swimming scholarship with…
Title page of Henry Thoreau's memoir, Walden (1854)
An excerpt from the manuscript "Memoires on Napoleon's campaigns, experienced as a soldier of the second regiment", written by Joseph Abbeel, 1805–1815.