Taking the transformation of Saul into Paul, not as one of his examples, but as a familiar model, Anderson (English, Indiana U.) writes about life-altering experiences that are self-defining or redefining and that the people who experienced them later wrote about. He applies the theories of Kenneth Burke to autobiographies by Black Elk, David Brock, Dierdre McCloskey, and Dorothy Day. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)