America Is My Name
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America Is My Name
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
America Is My Name written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with United States categories.
My Name Is America
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Author : Walter Dean Myers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
My Name Is America written by Walter Dean Myers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Diaries categories.
My Name Is Million
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Author : W. S. Kuniczak
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1978
My Name Is Million written by W. S. Kuniczak and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
American Like Me
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Author : America Ferrera
language : en
Publisher: Gallery Books
Release Date : 2019-09-03
American Like Me written by America Ferrera and has been published by Gallery Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-03 with Social Science categories.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures. America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents’ homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Saturday-morning-salsa-dance-parties in the kitchen, and eating tamales alongside apple pie at Christmas never seemed at odds with her American identity. Still, she yearned to see that identity reflected in the larger American narrative. Now, in American Like Me, America invites thirty-one of her friends, peers, and heroes to share their stories about life between cultures. We know them as actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, artists, and writers. However, they are also immigrants, children or grandchildren of immigrants, indigenous people, or people who otherwise grew up with deep and personal connections to more than one culture. Each of them struggled to establish a sense of self, find belonging, and feel seen. And they call themselves American enthusiastically, reluctantly, or not at all. Ranging from the heartfelt to the hilarious, their stories shine a light on a quintessentially American experience and will appeal to anyone with a complicated relationship to family, culture, and growing up.
Into No Man S Land
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Author : Ellen Emerson White
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Release Date : 2012-06
Into No Man S Land written by Ellen Emerson White and has been published by Scholastic Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06 with Diaries categories.
An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.
Nobody Knows My Name
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Author : James Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1991-08-29
Nobody Knows My Name written by James Baldwin and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-08-29 with Literary Collections categories.
'These essays ... live and grow in the mind' James Campbell, Independent Being a writer, says James Baldwin in this searing collection of essays, requires 'every ounce of stamina he can summon to attempt to look on himself and the world as they are'. His seminal 1961 follow-up to Notes on a Native Son shows him responding to his times and exploring his role as an artist with biting precision and emotional power: from polemical pieces on racial segregation and a journey to 'the Old Country' of the Southern states, to reflections on figures such as Ingmar Bergman and André Gide, and on the first great conference of African writers and artists in Paris. 'Brilliant...accomplished...strong...vivid...honest...masterly' The New York Times 'A bright and alive book, full of grief, love and anger' Chicago Tribune
A Rosenberg By Any Other Name
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Author : Kirsten Fermaglich
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2016-02-02
A Rosenberg By Any Other Name written by Kirsten Fermaglich and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-02 with History categories.
Winner, 2019 Saul Viener Book Prize, given by the American Jewish Historical Society A groundbreaking history of the practice of Jewish name changing in the 20th century, showcasing just how much is in a name Our thinking about Jewish name changing tends to focus on clichés: ambitious movie stars who adopted glamorous new names or insensitive Ellis Island officials who changed immigrants’ names for them. But as Kirsten Fermaglich elegantly reveals, the real story is much more profound. Scratching below the surface, Fermaglich examines previously unexplored name change petitions to upend the clichés, revealing that in twentieth-century New York City, Jewish name changing was actually a broad-based and voluntary behavior: thousands of ordinary Jewish men, women, and children legally changed their names in order to respond to an upsurge of antisemitism. Rather than trying to escape their heritage or “pass” as non-Jewish, most name-changers remained active members of the Jewish community. While name changing allowed Jewish families to avoid antisemitism and achieve white middle-class status, the practice also created pain within families and became a stigmatized, forgotten aspect of American Jewish culture. This first history of name changing in the United States offers a previously unexplored window into American Jewish life throughout the twentieth century. A Rosenberg by Any Other Name demonstrates how historical debates about immigration, antisemitism and race, class mobility, gender and family, the boundaries of the Jewish community, and the power of government are reshaped when name changing becomes part of the conversation. Mining court documents, oral histories, archival records, and contemporary literature, Fermaglich argues convincingly that name changing had a lasting impact on American Jewish culture. Ordinary Jews were forced to consider changing their names as they saw their friends, family, classmates, co-workers, and neighbors do so. Jewish communal leaders and civil rights activists needed to consider name changers as part of the Jewish community, making name changing a pivotal part of early civil rights legislation. And Jewish artists created critical portraits of name changers that lasted for decades in American Jewish culture. This book ends with the disturbing realization that the prosperity Jews found by changing their names is not as accessible for the Chinese, Latino, and Muslim immigrants who wish to exercise that right today.
My Name Is Not Friday
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Author : Jon Walter
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 2016-01-05
My Name Is Not Friday written by Jon Walter and has been published by Scholastic Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-05 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
A gorgeously written account of a freeborn black boy sold into slavery during the Civil War; think 12 Years a Slave for young adults. Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother Joshua are free black boys living in an orphanage during the end of the Civil War. Samuel takes the blame for Joshua's latest prank, and the consequence is worse than he could ever imagine. He's taken from the orphanage to the South, given a new name -- Friday -- and sold into slavery. What follows is a heartbreaking but hopeful account of Samuel's journey from freedom, to captivity, and back again.
Stay Alive The Journal Of Douglas Allen Deeds The Donner Party Expedition 1846
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Author : Rodman Philbrick
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 2021-12-07
Stay Alive The Journal Of Douglas Allen Deeds The Donner Party Expedition 1846 written by Rodman Philbrick and has been published by Scholastic Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-07 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"Soon we will eat the frozen cattle.... And then, when that is gone, what shall we eat?Shall we eat the snow? Shall we eat the ice? Shall we eat the bark on the frozen trees?What shall we eat?"Spring, 1846: Douglas Allen Deeds dreams of starting a new life out West. When the opportunity to join the Donner Party Expedition arises, he leaves the life he's known behind to set out on the nearly 2,000-mile trek from Independence, Missouri to sunny California.But progress is slow. Brutal heat, poisoned water, and rough terrain slows the expedition down. Soon they have a choice: continue on the known but grueling trail, or take a shortcut that would cut 350 miles from their journey-but take them through unknown territory. Is it worth the risk?Winter comes quickly in the mountains, and the wrong choice could leave them stranded in the Sierra Mountains when the snow comes, with no shelter, supplies, or even food.Newbery Honor-winning author Rodman Philbrick brings to life the excitement, danger, and horrors of the Donner Party's journey west.
No One Can Pronounce My Name
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Author : Rakesh Satyal
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2017-05-02
No One Can Pronounce My Name written by Rakesh Satyal and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-02 with Fiction categories.
One of Goodreads’ Best Books of the Month (May 2017) One of BuzzFeed’s 31 Incredible New Books You Need to Read This Spring One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the Year A HUMOROUS AND TENDER MULTIGENERATIONAL NOVEL ABOUT IMMIGRANTS AND OUTSIDERS—THOSE TRYING TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY AND WITHIN THEIR OWN FAMILIES In a suburb outside Cleveland, a community of Indian Americans has settled into lives that straddle the divide between Eastern and Western cultures. For some, America is a bewildering and alienating place where coworkers can’t pronounce your name but will eagerly repeat the Sanskrit phrases from their yoga class. Harit, a lonely Indian immigrant in his mid forties, lives with his mother who can no longer function after the death of Harit’s sister, Swati. In a misguided attempt to keep both himself and his mother sane, Harit has taken to dressing up in a sari every night to pass himself off as his sister. Meanwhile, Ranjana, also an Indian immigrant in her mid forties, has just seen her only child, Prashant, off to college. Worried that her husband has begun an affair, she seeks solace by writing paranormal romances in secret. When Harit and Ranjana’s paths cross, they begin a strange yet necessary friendship that brings to light their own passions and fears. Rakesh Satyal's No One Can Pronounce My Name is a distinctive, funny, and insightful look into the lives of people who must reconcile the strictures of their culture and traditions with their own dreams and desires.