Synopses & Reviews
Nine narratives by immigrants and their descendants illuminate the experience of becoming American. Contributors include Czeslaw Milosz, and Mario Puzo.
Table of Contents
The Immigrant Experience Introduction
Thomas C. Wheeler 1. Pride and Poverty: An Irish Integrity
William Alfred
2. Choosing a Dream: Italians in Hell's Kitchen
Mario Puzo
3. Pioneers to Eternity: Norwegians on the Prairie
Eugene Boe
4. Halfway to Dick and Jane: A Puerto Rican Pilgrimage
Jack Agueros
5. Puritans from the Orient: A Chinese Evolution
Jade Snow Wong
6. Time and Tide: Roots and Black Awareness
John A. Williams
7. America, the Thief: A Jewish Search for Freedom
Harry Roskolenko
8. The Center of Impermanence: New York in the Eyes of an Englishman
Alan Pryce-Jones
9. Biblical Heirs and Modern Evils: A Polish Poet in California
Czeslaw Milosz