What is the author's perspective in the nonfiction book, Wandering in Strange Lands?

The book balances personal and historical perspectives, demonstrating the mutual connections between these two categories. First, it is important to note that Jerkins often emphasizes her own personal connections to the book’s content and overall project. Jerkins frequently researched her own genealogy and possible connections therein to the different groups discussed in the book. Additionally, Jerkins often interviewed other individuals with such connections, and these interviews help to underscore the nature of the personal within historical and societal contexts. Overall, the effect of these perspectival features is to encourage the reader to consider not only their own experiences, but also the experiences of other individuals, and other larger societal groups in general, as there are inherent connections between people in general.