Mary Antin

The Promised Land

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Being a Jew in Russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Jews were persecuted because of their religion. So the Jews found …

From Plotzk to Boston

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An intensely personal account of the immigration experience as related by a young Jewish girl from Plotzk (a town in the government of Viteb…

Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series

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This book is composed of 24 short stories, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, and is the second collection of "modern sho…

They Who Knock at Our Gates

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In 1914, over one million immigrants arrived in the United States, following in the footsteps of approximately ten million others who had ar…

They Who Knock at Our Gates: A Complete Gospel of Immigration (Version 2)

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In this extended essay, Mary Antin asks us to consider three questions:First: A question of principle: Have we any right to regulate immigra…