Project Gutenberg 2007-03-23 Public domain in the USA. 236 Antin, Mary 1881 1949 Grabau, Mary Antin 12010316 The Promised Land Reading ease score: 76.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Promised Land" by Mary Antin is an autobiography written in the early 20th century. This work explores the author's experiences growing up as a Jewish girl in the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe before her immigration to America. It artfully recounts her childhood in Polotzk, the challenges of being part of a marginalized community, and the contrast between her upbringing and the wider world. At the start of the book, Antin introduces her childhood memories, characterized by the dichotomy between her home in Polotzk and the distant land of Russia. She reflects on her early understanding of the world, including the joys and fears associated with her Jewish identity. Through vivid anecdotes, she illustrates the complexities of living in a society that ostracizes her community, as well as the warmth and resilience of her family life within the confines of the Pale. The opening beautifully sets the tone for an exploration of identity, belonging, and the pursuit of freedom, themes that resonate throughout her journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Antin, Mary, 1881-1949 Jews -- United States -- Biography Jews -- Belarus -- Polatsk -- Biography Immigrants -- United States -- Biography E151 F001 Text Judaism Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 732635 724605 2024-10-09T07:59:07.759480 2023-09-09T09:59:40.496532 text/html text/html 730623 2007-03-23T08:24:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2959739 2007-03-28T12:12:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3087296 2024-10-09T07:59:21.367374 application/epub+zip 3089215 2024-10-09T07:59:11.089429 application/epub+zip 370484 2024-10-09T07:59:09.126453 application/epub+zip 3314273 2024-10-09T07:59:28.555356 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3263179 2024-10-09T07:59:19.047384 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536244 2022-09-10T04:42:16.051617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 668871 2024-10-09T07:59:06.287955 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 667436 2007-03-23T08:24:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 260565 2007-03-28T12:12:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 668596 2007-03-23T08:29:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 260754 2007-03-28T12:12:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 668667 2007-03-23T08:29:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 260673 2007-03-28T12:12:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24255 2024-10-09T07:59:28.722329 application/rdf+xml 12629 2024-10-09T07:59:09.715436 image/jpeg 3360 2024-10-09T07:59:09.424428 image/jpeg 3036172 2024-10-09T07:59:07.881432 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia