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| Author | Sherwood Anderson |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Boni & Liveright, New York |
Publication date | 20 November 1926 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 346 |
| OCLC | 276744 |
Tar: A Midwest Childhood is a 1926 fictionalized memoir by American author Sherwood Anderson. It was originally published by Boni & Liveright and has since been republished several times including a 1969 critical edition.[1] The book is made up of episodes in the childhood of Edgar Moorehead (nicknamed Tar-heel, or Tar, because of his father's North Carolina origin). The fictional location of Tar: A Midwest Childhood bears a resemblance to Camden, Ohio where Sherwood Anderson was born, despite him having spent only his first year there.[2] An episode from the book later appeared, in a revised form, as the short story "Death in the Woods" (1933).[3]