Project Gutenberg 2009-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 56 Carleton, William 1876 1945 11035154 One Way Out: A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "One Way Out: A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America" by William Carleton is a memoir written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the author's journey from a middling existence in New England to a bold new life in America, highlighting the struggles and triumphs that come with such a transition. The central figure, referred to as Carleton, navigates the complexities of day-to-day life, shedding light on his family's history and the societal pressures of his upbringing, all while seeking a better future for himself and his loved ones. The opening of the memoir establishes Carleton's deep roots in New England, detailing his lineage of service to the country through wars, yet it also reveals his sense of entrapment within the middle class. After the death of his father and feeling burdened by financial constraints, Carleton's soul-searching culminates in the decision to emigrate to America, an idea fueled by inspirational letters from others seeking a way out. He recounts moments of personal hardship, reflecting on the heavy emotions surrounding his father's death and the struggle to carve out a successful path amidst the constraints of his middle-class upbringing. As he considers the prospect of change, readers sense his resolve to reclaim his narrative and seek opportunities beyond the limitations of his past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 HN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Sociology 395887 389318 2024-10-12T08:43:13.679009 2023-09-12T11:30:23.407320 text/html text/html 392134 2021-01-04T20:44:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 199443 2021-01-04T20:44:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 218501 2024-10-12T08:43:19.739954 application/epub+zip 222147 2024-10-12T08:43:14.752987 application/epub+zip 222147 2024-10-12T08:43:14.208992 application/epub+zip 330554 2024-10-12T08:43:23.347984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298403 2024-10-12T08:43:19.022988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298069 2022-09-13T08:16:25.127491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355510 355406 2024-10-12T08:43:12.929018 2023-09-12T11:30:22.596269 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 355244 2021-01-04T20:44:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 134111 2021-01-04T20:44:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 355236 2021-01-04T20:44:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 134087 2021-01-04T20:44:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21426 2024-10-12T08:43:23.489935 application/rdf+xml 10883 2024-10-12T08:43:14.303980 image/jpeg 1779 2024-10-12T08:43:14.256996 image/jpeg 201014 2024-10-12T08:43:13.716013 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