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The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves
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Author : Werner Sollors
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-10-02
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves written by Werner Sollors and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with Art categories.
Hamilton Holt, editor of The Independent, collected these touching autobiographies of ordinary people--new immigrants and sharecroppers, cooks and fishermen, women and men working in sweatshops, in the city, and on the land. First published in 1906, and reissued a decade ago, this new edition of Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans is expanded to include lives Holt did not include in his original selection, as well as a new preface by Werner Sollors.
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans
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Author : Hamilton Holt
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-09-02
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans written by Hamilton Holt and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-02 with Minorities categories.
This collection of short autobiographies, compiled and edited by Hamilton Holt, offers an eye-opening account of how ordinary Americans lived and worked at the turn of the 20th century. The contributors to this collection were anonymous, drawn from various vocations of American society. The occupations range from laborers to dressmakers to domestic servants to peddlars and bootblacks. A minority of the accounts are dictated, but the bulk are written or edited from manuscripts solicited by the original publisher. We witness a society which had, owing to decades of immigration from around the world, become industrious and diverse. Several contributors to this collection are first generation immigrants; for many the conditions of the United States at the time were jarringly different. Some yearn for their homelands, and for the comforts and customs which they left behind, while others openly admire the attitude and values of the country they have come to call home. Not only do we gain a historic perspective of the USA, we also learn how life was for certain contributors in their homelands. The contrast between the bustling, industrialized cities of America and the generally quieter homelands is marked. The most obvious trend across all of the tales however is the immense detail of everyday living, of the hard work, of the budgeting and money sent to relatives at home. Despite being ordinary, everyday people, each has a tale or a perspective that sheds insight upon life. Emotions and human qualities leap from the pages: the dignity and naive intellectualism of the Japanese servant; the ambition and genial pride of the French dressmaker; the determination and faith of the visually impaired preacher; the traditionalism and community of a Chinese laundryman. The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans is a valuable and vivid collection of anecdotes worthy of attention and possessed of additional, historic value in the modern day.
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves
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Author : Hamilton Holt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves written by Hamilton Holt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hamilton Holt, editor of The Independent, collected these touching autobiographies of ordinary people--new immigrants and sharecroppers, cooks and fishermen, women and men working in sweatshops, in the city, and on the land. First published in 1906.
Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans
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Author : HAMILTON. HOLT
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
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Plain Folk
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Author : David M. Katzman
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1982
Plain Folk written by David M. Katzman and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Plain Folk depicts both the ordinary occupations and ethnic and racial diversity of America at the turn of the century. Katzman and Tuttle have drawn upon 75 brief autobiographies or "lifelets" of working-class Americans published between 1902 and 1906 in The Independent magazine. Among the seventeen life stories included here are those of a Lithuanian stockyards worker in Chicago, a Polish sweatshop girl and a Chinese merchant in New York City, a black peon in rural Georgia, and a Swedish farmer in Minnesota. Together they provide an unmediated and seldom-seen view of American life during this period.
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans
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Author : Hamilton Holt
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-09-16
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans written by Hamilton Holt and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-16 with categories.
Excerpt from The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans: As Told by Themselves When you propose to tell a story to children they interrupt at the first sentence with the question, Is it a true story? As we evade or ignore this natural and pertinent inquiry they finally cease to ask it, and we blur for them the edges of reality until it fades off into the mists. The hardest part of the training of the scientist is to get back the clear sight of his childhood. But nowadays our educators do not do quite so much as formerly to eu courage the mythopeic faculty of children. It has been found that their imagination can be exercised by other objects than the imag inary. Consequently the number of readers who are impatient of any detectable deviation from truth is increasing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Life Stories Of Undistinguishe
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Author : Hamilton 1872-1951 Ed Holt
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-27
Life Stories Of Undistinguishe written by Hamilton 1872-1951 Ed Holt and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-27 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves Scholar S Choice Edition
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Author : Hamilton Holt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-02-17
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves Scholar S Choice Edition written by Hamilton Holt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-17 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves 1906
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Author : Hamilton Holt
language : en
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Release Date : 2014-08-07
The Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves 1906 written by Hamilton Holt and has been published by Literary Licensing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-07 with categories.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1906 Edition.
Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves Expanded E
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Author : H. Holt
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 1999-12-01
Life Stories Of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves Expanded E written by H. Holt and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12-01 with History categories.