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The sweetness of freedom : stories of immigrants / Stephen Garr Ostrander & Martha Aladjem Bloomfield

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Author:
Ostrander, Stephen Garr  Search this
Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 392 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Michigan
Date:
2010
C2010
19th century
20th century
Contents:
I have a beautiful country to work from / Mathias J. Alten, an artist from Germany -- Where the streets were paved with gold / Louis Padnos, a Russian Jew -- America was the best country to live in / Haratoune Adrounie, an Armenian from Turkey -- We wanted to be American / Olga Koskela from Finland -- Immigration didn't solve all our problems / The Skrzypek family from Poland -- We weren't always welcome in America / Angeline Spadafore from Italy -- Anything that I've set my mind to, I usually accomplish / Carlean Gill, an African American -- No Mexicans allowed! / Marylou Hernandez, a Mexican American from Texas -- The trip become a great adventure / Benno Levi, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany -- The promise of a better future / The Damstras from the Netherlands -- We didn't know how our future would be / Iwao Ishino, a Japanese American, at the Colorado River War Relocation Center -- We have to make the best of the situation / Mary Kobayashi, a Japanese American, at the Colorado River War Relocation Center -- From Korea with Love / Oh Ae Kyung, an orphan from Korea -- Call your brother in Michigan / Sharkey S. Haddad, a Chaldean from Iraq -- We belong to America just as much as America belongs to us / The Hamzas, an Arab Muslim family from Lebanon -- I never believed I would stay in America / Minchuan Yang and his daughter, Katie, from China -- I can almost taste the sweetness of freedom / Lance Truong escapes from Vietnam -- Be like the bees, make plenty of hives and honey / Deo Ngonyani from Tanzania
Topic:
Immigrants--History  Search this
Oral history  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_963931