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Read the fulltext online edition of the promised land 1912. Inthe promised land, mary antin tells of moving from polotzk, russia, to boston, massachusetts, when she was around thirteen years old. The promised land by mary antin goodreads share book. With the appearance of this book, mary, eighteen at the time, was hailed as a child prodigy. June, 1881 may 15, 1949 was an american author and immigration rights activist. She emigrated from polotzk to boston with her family in 1894, when she was thirteen. The promised land by mary antin, 1912 online research library.
Mary antin was the second of six children born to israel and esther weltman antin, a jewish family. Listen to promised land, the librovox by mary antin, librivox community for free with a 30 day free trial. Heath anthology of american literaturemary antin author page. The material in this volume became the basis of her masterpiece, the promised land. Being a jew in russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Author mary antin arrived in the united states from russia in the 1890s at the age of 12. Her memoir vividly recaptures scenes from both old and new world cultures, chronicling the. It is revered as a coming of age story for not only a young immigrant, but for a young woman. A smart and dignified girl, mary takes the good things in anything and writes her autobiography with a smile.
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Complete the promised land by mary antin lb librivox. From plotzk to boston full audio book by mary antin 18811949 an intensely personal account of the immigration experience as related by a young jewish girl from plotzk. I bought the promised land because some my ancestors came from poland and russia and settled in chelsea ma at around the same time. Her memoir vividly recaptures scenes from both old and new world cultures, chronicling the poverty and oppression of czarist russia as well as the excitement and challenges of her assimilation into american life at the turn of the twentieth century. Free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. In telling the story of one person, the promised land illuminates the lives of hundreds of thousands. Thanks to the american public school system, antin became large americanized, learning the english language and american customs. The promised land by mary antin is a unique book of memoire.
Her immensely popular book the promised land an ode to america and especially to. I was born, i have lived, and i have been made over. The promised land is mary antins mature autobiography. Mary antin was the second of six children born to israel and. Though i disagree at some points with the author, i find it very inspirational, a good guideline for a successful. I thought it a miracle, exclaimed mary antin in her bestselling autobiography, the promised land, written when she was just thirty years old, that i, mashke, the granddaughter of raphael the russian, born to a humble destiny, should be at home in an american metropolis, be free to fashion my own life, and should dream my dreams in english phrases. Mary antin, with her mother, sisters, and brother, set out from plotzk in 1894 to join their father, who had journeyed to the promised land of america three years before. When mary antins father decided that keeping to his traditions did. Antin had recently published the promised land, a memoir of her emigration from. In it, she tells the story of what she considers her escape from bondage in eastern europe and her finding of freedom in america. Life was not easy, though as a child, mary describes life in boston as almost perfect. She had come to make a plea for more aid to support jewish immigrant girls arriving alone in the united states.
Mary antin, with her mother, sisters, and brother, set out from plotzk in 1894 to join their father, who had journeyed to the promised. Constraints of women in the jewish community lindsay kleiman although mary antin wrote the promised land in 1912 with the ostensible intention of. Only 30 years old when she published her autobiography, the promised land, mary antin captured the dreams and experiences of turnofthecentury russian jewish immigrants. The promised land is mary antin s mature autobiography. The promised land by mary antin was published 1912, and it narrates the story of a jewish family immigrating from russia to the united states in fact it is the autobiography of antin, she put it in this way. When mary antins father decided that keeping to his traditions did not suit him anymore, he found no place in russia. It tells the story of her early life in what is now belarus and her immigration to the united states in.
As a child, she lived in the russian pale, the part of russia. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. Questia read the fulltext online edition of the promised land 1912. It tells the story of her early life in what is now belarus and her immigration to the united. Mary antin with children mary antin published her autobiographical work, the promised land, in 1912. Index mary antin 18811949 mary antin 18811949 identity theories instrumentalist theory. It was hugely successful, eventually selling almost 85,000 copies. Apr 08, 2018 a smart and dignified girl, mary takes the good things in anything and writes her autobiography with a smile. When mary antin s father decided that keeping to his traditions did not suit him anymore, he found no place in russia.
The project gutenberg ebook of the promised land, by mary antin. Mary antin 1881 1949 being a jew in russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Lindsay kleiman although mary antin wrote the promised land in 1912 with the ostensible intention of shedding light on the jewishamerican immigrant experience for a nonjewish audience, one can see through close readings that this autobiography was also written to serve a secondary purpose. Promised land by mary antin, free pdf, ebook global grey. The promised land is the 1912 autobiography of mary antin. Mary antin was born in polotzk in modernday belarus.
In 1899, antin s first book, from plotzk sic to boston, was published. This penguin twentiethcentury classics edition includes eighteen blackandwhite photographs from the book s first edition and reprints for the first time antin s essay how i wrote the promised land. She compares the life in the eastern europe to that. The promised land was a bestseller when it was first published in 1912. Related to political movements or attitudes to achieve things. Mazal holocaust collection shapiro bruce rogers collection library of congress antin emigrated from. By eighteen, she had published her first autobiographical volume, which later became her masterpiece, the promised land. Nov 29, 2011 the promised land autobiography by mary antin the book, the promised land, is an autobiography written by mary antin which describes her gettingusedto the american culture. Jan 19, 20 from plotzk to boston full audio book by mary antin 18811949 an intensely personal account of the immigration experience as related by a young jewish girl from plotzk a town in the. Crowd gathers to hear writer mary antin mass moments.
Roosevelt later said that his support of womens suffrage came from his association with antin and women like her. I will write a bold finis at the end, and shut the book with a bang. Mary antin emigrated with her family from the eastern european town of polotzk to boston in 1894, when she was twelve years old. There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes. The promised land by mary antin free at loyal books. Interweaving introspection with political commentaries, biography with history, the promised land 1912 brings to life the transformation of an east european jewish immigrant into an. Aug 31, 2012 i bought the promised land because some my ancestors came from poland and russia and settled in chelsea ma at around the same time. She is best known for her autobiography, the promised land, which describes her struggle to assimilate into. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
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