Best Memoirs Published in the 1940s

1.
The Plague and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #2)
The Plague and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 2,362 ratings
2.
Anybody Can Do Anything
Anybody Can Do Anything 4.15 avg rating — 1,167 ratings
3.
A Bride Goes West
A Bride Goes West 4.01 avg rating — 315 ratings
4.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,253 ratings
4.
Out on a Limb
Out on a Limb 4.44 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood 3.72 avg rating — 1,980 ratings
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Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain
Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain 4.12 avg rating — 1,618 ratings
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Up Front
Up Front 4.45 avg rating — 1,556 ratings
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Kabloona: Among the Inuit (Graywolf Rediscovery Series)
Kabloona: Among the Inuit (Graywolf Rediscovery Series) 4.18 avg rating — 841 ratings
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Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son
Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son 3.99 avg rating — 523 ratings
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Clementine in the Kitchen: Modern Library Foods
Clementine in the Kitchen: Modern Library Foods 4.06 avg rating — 419 ratings
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I Rode with Stonewall
I Rode with Stonewall 4.30 avg rating — 187 ratings
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Newspaper Days, 1899-1906 : Volume 2 of Mencken's Autobiography
Newspaper Days, 1899-1906 : Volume 2 of Mencken's Autobiography 4.20 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Heathen Days: Mencken's Autobiography: 1890-1936 (Volume 3) (Buncombe Collection)
Heathen Days: Mencken's Autobiography: 1890-1936 (Volume 3) (Buncombe Collection) 4.31 avg rating — 81 ratings
15.
The Citizen-Soldier: The Memoirs of a Civil War Volunteer
The Citizen-Soldier: The Memoirs of a Civil War Volunteer 4.14 avg rating — 70 ratings
16.
Left Hand, Right Hand!
Left Hand, Right Hand! 3.83 avg rating — 41 ratings
17.
A Distant Prospect
A Distant Prospect 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
18.
Tempestuous Petticoat
Tempestuous Petticoat 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
19.
Memories of Old Montana
Memories of Old Montana
by: Con Price
4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Trails I Rode
Trails I Rode
by: Con Price
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
21.
A Tenderfoot Kid on Gyp Water
A Tenderfoot Kid on Gyp Water really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating