What does McAdams mean by primitive autobiography self?

McAdams means by "Primitive autobiography self" means writing a biography with preserving the older historical facts that happened around at that time.

Explanation:

Primitive - of or denoting a simple, direct style of art that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques.

Autobiography - Writing of the life history of oneself.

Hence McAdams means that, writing a biography with preserving the older historical facts that happened around at that time.

ich statement best shows a problem in travels with charley?

one sharp difficulty presented itself. in the intervening twenty-five years my name had become reasonably well known.

this being so, my trip demanded that i leave my name and my identity at home.

i had to go alone and i had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.

with all this in mind i wrote to the head office of a great corporation which manufactures trucks.