Books with author Mary ANTIN (1881 - 1949)

"One of the first great works of American Jewish literature." -The New York Times "The life-story of an eager, observant, reflective, aspiring, and always original young woman whose formative years have been divided between the stifling restrictions of the 'Pale' ad the glorious freedom of America. Polotzk, in the government of Vitebsk, was the scene of her infancy and early childhood; Boston and its suburbs that of her maidenhood and young womanhood - with the broad Atlantic separating as by a chasm none too wide the amazingly disparate halves of this growing period....The bitter lot of the Russian Jew is depicted by the author in a way to wring the heart, but the gloom and horror of it all are relieved by irresistible touches of humor, while the charity and largeness of view displayed by this daughter of a hated and ill-used race are beyond praise....The infectious optimism and high courage of the book, as well as the vigor and picturesqueness of its style, with its frequent touches of humor, gleams of mirth, and suggestions of poetry, win the reader at the outset and hold him enthralled to the final page." -The Dial "Few recent American books have made as strong an impression on the reading public as 'The Promised Land,' Mary Antin's book about a little Russian girl immigrant and her life in America. It is a convincingly hopeful contribution to a great problem as well as a vivid and telling personal narrative....There is a deeply moving power in the rapid utterance and intense purpose that inform every page of Mary Antin's self-revelation. To know what American stands for in the vision of an ambitious, sensitive, and hitherto hindered foreigner makes the careless American catch his breath and feel humbled in spirit....It is quite impossible to give any adequate idea of this compelling story - the story of a self-centered girl, who yet escaped the evils of self-consciousness. Knowing, though in part, our shortcomings as benefactors of struggling aliens who hold out beseeching hands to us, we read this disclosure of an ideal America as it lived in the hearts of this emigrant family, and take courage, thanking God for the heritage given us by our fathers, and profoundly hopeful for its preservation and increase in our hands. The autobiography ends when its author feels herself truly an American, having been educated in the Boston public schools and Barnard College....A pen so eloquent and a mind so open to every good influence, mental and spiritual." -The Outlook "It is the plain story of the growth and development of a Russian immigrant girl in America, who finds her place, after much groping and many struggles, and who succeeds so well in growing up to her opportunities and her environment that she is able to tell in virile and beautiful English the tale of her life in 'The Promised Land.' Will interest every new citizen and every American who likes to hear his country spoken of in terms of appreciation as well as of intelligent criticism." -Book Bulletin of the Chicago Public Library "Told with a picturesqueness, a distinction, and poetic touch that make 'The Promised Land' as interesting as the best fiction. For the author has the gift of making literature out of the slightest incident - of touching 'the palpable and the familiar with golden exhalations of the dawn.' The historian will find in 'The Promised Land' material of great value and undoubted accuracy, not only as to municipal government and social conditions in a community within the Russian Pale, but also as to the development of certain characteristics of the Russian Jew, which are here freely admitted." -The Literary Digest

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Excerpt from From Plotzk to BostonAmerica have grappled, with the invasion, we still know too little of the inner feelings of the people themselves, nor do we adequately realize what magic vision of free America lures them on to face the great journey to the other side of the world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The infant phenomenon in literature is rarer than in more physical branches of art, but its productions are not likely to be of value outside the doting domestic circle. Even Pope who lisped in numbers for the numbers came, did not add to our Anthology from his cradle, though he may therein have acquired his monotonous rocking-metre. Immaturity of mind and experience, so easily disguised on the stage or the music-stool even by adults is more obvious in the field of pure intellect. The contribution with which Mary Antin makes her debut in letters is, however, saved from the emptiness of embryonic thinking by being a record of a real experience, the greatest of her life; her journey from Poland to Boston. Even so, and remarkable as her description is for a girl of eleven for it was at this age that she first wrote the thing in Yiddish, though she was thirteen when she translated it into English it would scarcely be worth publishing merely as a literary curiosity. But it happens to possess an extraneous value. For, despite the great wave of Russian immigration into the United States, and despite the noble spirit in which the Jews of America have grappled with the invasion, we still know too little of the inner feelings of the.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

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