Becoming Americans : four centuries of immigrant writing /
Becoming Americans : four centuries of immigrant writing /
edited by Ilan Stavans ; foreword by Pete Hamill.
- New York, NY : Library of America :;Distributed to the trade by Penguin Group, c2009.
- xxiv, 724 p. 21 cm.
A special publication of the Library of America.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 707-717) and index.
Comprised mostly of memoirs with some fiction, this volume gathers selections from the writings of 85 immigrants from 45 countries that illustrate the changing views of immigrants in the United States. In nearly 100 entries, this first-of-its-kind collection presents the full range of the experience of coming to America--from the reasons for emigration, the journey itself, the shock of first arrival, and, above all, the struggle with the complexities of Americanization. www.alibris.com
9781598530513
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Immigrants' writings, American
Immigrants' writings, American.
PS 508.I45 / .B389 2009
A special publication of the Library of America.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 707-717) and index.
Comprised mostly of memoirs with some fiction, this volume gathers selections from the writings of 85 immigrants from 45 countries that illustrate the changing views of immigrants in the United States. In nearly 100 entries, this first-of-its-kind collection presents the full range of the experience of coming to America--from the reasons for emigration, the journey itself, the shock of first arrival, and, above all, the struggle with the complexities of Americanization. www.alibris.com
9781598530513
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Immigrants' writings, American
Immigrants' writings, American.
PS 508.I45 / .B389 2009
