The Promised Land
$38.30
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2012
Summary
Weaving introspection with political commentary, biography with history, The Promised Land, first published in 1912, brings to life the transformation of an Eastern European Jewish immigrant into an American citizen. Mary Antin recounts “the process of uprooting, transportation, replanting, acclimatization, and development that took place in [her] own soul” and reveals the impact of a new culture and new standards of behavior on her family. A feeling of division—between Russia and Amer…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143106777 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143106775 |
| Author: | Mary Antin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 331g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 131mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
Mary Antin
Mary Antin was born into a Jewish family in Polotsk in Russian-ruled Poland. Her family moved to the United States when she was still a child and she lived in Boston and then New York, where she attended the Teachers College of Columbia University and Barnard University. The publication of her autobiography, The Promised Land, made her famous and she lectured widely about the meaning of assimilation and her own story. She died in 1949.
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