Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the promised land. The promised land illustrated by mary antin nook book. Buy the promised land book online at low prices in india. Mary antin emigrated with her family from the eastern european town of polotzk to. The promised land is the 1912 autobiography of mary antin. If one has had the opportunity to read antins book the promised landa national best seller in 1912 that was considered to be the most popular immigrant. Mary antin s most popular book is the promised land.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In her 1912 memoir the promised land, belarussianamerican writer mary antin describes her life from her childhood in belarus to her immigration to the united states in the 1890s as the book is. June, 1881 may 15, 1949 was an american author and immigration rights activist. She is best known for her 1912 autobiography the promised land, an account of her emigration and subsequent americanization. Mary antin has 17 books on goodreads with 1676 ratings. The book focuses on her attempts to assimilate into the culture of the united states. Russia was the place where ones father went on business. The project gutenberg ebook of the promised land, by mary. Related to political movements or attitudes to achieve things. Review of mary antins the promised land appears in the new. When i was a little girl, the world was divided into two parts. When mary antins father decided that keeping to his traditions did not suit him anymore, he found no place in russia.
The book s overall theme is of the opportunities that the united states has to offer to new immigrants. 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. In telling the story of one person, the promised land illuminates the lives of hundreds of thousands. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. When mary antin s father decided that keeping to his traditions did not suit him anymore, he found no place in russia. The book focuses on her attempts to assimilate into the culture of the united. Thanks to the american public school system, antin became large americanized, learning the english language and american customs.
That i who was brought up to my teens almost without a book should be set down in the midst of all the books. This work was reproduced from the original artifact. Apr 08, 2018 a smart and dignified girl, mary takes the good things in anything and writes her autobiography with a smile. Promised land lgbtq themed childrens book promised land. Life was not easy, though as a child, mary describes life in boston as almost perfect. Born to israel and esther weltman antin, a jewish family in polotsk, belarus, at that time part of russia, she immigrated to the boston area with her mother and siblings in 1894, moving from chelsea to ward 8 in bostons south end, a notorious slum, as the venue. When you listen to bridget reading this wonderful book, you can almost feel mary antin. Download the promised land pdf by mary antinthe promised land is the autobiography of mary antin. The promised land mary antin audiobook and ebook all. When you listen to bridget reading this wonderful book, you can almost feel mary antin s trials and joys. Mary antin wrote the promised land for two different audiences.
In her 1912 memoir the promised land, belarussianamerican writer mary antin describes her life from her childhood in belarus to her immigration to the united states in the 1890s. Antin immigrated to the united states with her mother, sisters, and brother in 1894, joining her father, who had preceded them in 1891, in massachusetts. It is revered as a coming of age story for not only a young immigrant, but for a young woman. I bought the promised land because some my ancestors came from poland and russia and settled in chelsea ma at around the same time. The promised land is an autobiography by author and activist mary antin. The extract below is from her book the promised land. Here she is in 1916 speaking with a group of small children. That is, antin also wrote this novel for the jewish reader as a means of critiquing the religious. By having her fill his house with books and intellectual company, he could. The promised land, first published in 1912, brings to life the transformation of an eastern european jewish immigrant into an american citizen. Though her goal was primarily to explain the experience of a jewish immigrant to a nonjewish audience, it appears that she also. The promised land was a bestseller when it was first published in 1912. Her first book, describing her voyage from russia to the united states, was published in 1899.
Mary antin, american author remembered for her autobiographical work the promised land and other books on immigrant life in the united states. The promised land by mary antin is a unique book of memoire. Promised land by mary antin, free pdf, ebook global grey. So the jews found comfort in their ancient traditions.
Sep 02, 20 the promised land ebook written by mary antin. The promised land by mary antin free at loyal books. Index mary antin 18811949 mary antin 18811949 identity theories instrumentalist theory. A very personal and very interesting look into the life of a young child moving away. It was hugely successful, eventually selling almost 85,000 copies. Mary antin was born in june of 1881 in polotzk, white russia what is now belarus. The promised land by mary antin free ebook project gutenberg. Interweaving introspection with political commentaries, biography. The promised land by mary antin read by bridget gaige part 1. 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. This penguin twentiethcentury classics edition includes eighteen blackandwhite photographs from the book s first edition and reprints for the first time antins essay how i wrote the promised land. 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 american citizen. The project gutenberg ebook of the promised land, by mary antin.
An extraordinary popular success when it was first published in 1912, the promised land is a classic account of the jewish american immigrant experience. I was born, i have lived, and i have been made over. Review of mary antins the promised land appears in the. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. By eighteen, she had published her first autobiographical volume, which later became her masterpiece, the promised land. Mary antin with children mary antin published her autobiographical work, the promised land, in 1912. This is an autobiography of mary antin who, as a girl, left eastern europe in the search of freedom and opportunities and went to the united states.
One of the most prominent voices of the early twentieth century wave of immigration to the united states, mary antin is best known for her 1912 book the promised land, describing her experience and that of her family in settling in america and attending american schools. That i who was brought up to my teens almost without a book should be set down in the midst of all the books that ever were. Born to a jewish family in polotsk, mary antin immigrated to the boston area with her mother and siblings in 1894, moving from chelsea to ward 8 in bostons south end, a notorious slum, as the venue of her fathers store changed. When you listen to bridget reading this wonderful book, you can almost feel mary antins trials and joys. I was born, i have lived, and i have been made over a very touching and beautiful written autobiography which reads like a novel. 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.
Mary antin the promised land book jack and rose richards. Feb 03, 2016 this feature is not available right now. Mary antin emigrated with her family from the eastern european town of polotzk to boston in 1894, when she was twelve years old. It was the first lesson a little girl in polotzk had to learn.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I chose this article because mays story of her arrival in boston is through a young girls eyes. Then there came a time when i knew that polotzk and vitebsk and vilna and some other places were grouped together as the pale of settlement, and within this area the czar commanded me to stay, with my father and mother and friends, and all other people. The promised land is the autobiography of mary antin. Mary antin s memoir about early childhood in a russian jewish community, emigrating to boston. A very personal and very interesting look into the life of a young child moving away from her. It was written in 1912 by mary antin, who describes the complex process of acclimation and assimilation by combining political commentaries, biography, and history. Librivox recording of the promised land by mary antin.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. She compares the life in the eastern europe to that. As the book is a non fiction autobiography, the principal character is antin herself and the story is. Though i disagree at some points with the author, i find it very inspirational, a good guideline for a successful hybrid identity past and present identity. This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work. Mar 23, 2007 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Jun 17, 2004 buy the promised land by antin, mary isbn. Buy the promised land book online at best prices in india on. Being a jew in russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. All the little girls i knew lived in polotzk, with their fathers and mothers and friends.
Review of mary antins the promised land appears in the new york times april 14, 1912 only 30 years old when she published her autobiography, the promised land, mary antin captured the dreams and experiences of turnofthecentury russian jewish immigrants. 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. The promised land by mary antin mary antin, june, 1881 may 15, 1949, was an american author and immigration rights activist.
After the publication of the promised land, antin campaigned for theodore roosevelts unsuccessful presidential bid, and then traveled the country speaking about the themes of her book. It was written in 1912 by mary antin, who describes the complex process of acclimation. Books go search your store deals store gift cards sell. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more. The promised land by mary antin penguin random house canada. Antin s description and stories of life in polotzk makes it easy for me to imagine what it might have been like for my family as well. Antin looked to mary to realize his own thwarted aims of intellectual development. The books popularity allowed antin to begin speaking publicly, a platform that she used to promote acceptance of immigration to the united states. The promised land recounts the transformation of an east european jewish immigrant into an american citizen. May antin came to the united states from russia in the 1890s when she was a young girl. 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.
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