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O Kaplan, my Kaplan! O Kaplan, my Kaplan! Leo Calvin Rosten xxi, 361 p. ; 22 cm OL10558317W
The Immigrants The Immigrants Howard Fast In this sweeping journey of love and fortune, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the family saga of roughneck immigrants determined to make their way in America at the turn of the century. Qu… OL1067131W
Evergreen Evergreen Belva Plain **8 Months on the N.Y. Times Best-Seller List. The Best-Loved Best-Seller of the Year:** A young Polish immigrant woman, in love with the scion of the German-Jewish banking family for which she work… OL10672947W
Wilderness Wilderness Robert Penn Warren "More than a decade before the civil rights movement, newspaperman Ralph McGill broke the social code of silence that kept white southerners from publicly debating any change in the system of racial … OL11369338W
Odiseas Odiseas Eduardo del Campo Cortés os reportajes, viajes y recuerdos, fruto de cinco años de trabajo, sirven de base al autor para ofrecer un panorama de la inmigración como parte de un movimiento mundial que se acentúa con la globali… OL11723529W
Cornish in Michigan Cornish in Michigan Russell M. Magnaghi 101 pages : 22 cm OL2690559W
Live from the underground Live from the underground Corinne Wasilewski Teenagers Darek Da̧browski and Eleanor Hanson come from two different worlds. In Communist Poland, Darek is consumed with the idea of a one-way ticket to America and its Levi Strauss jeans and Adidas… OL27014300W
Cricri Cigale Cricri Cigale Angèle Delaunois À l'aube de la rentrée en classe, Perrette et son amie Rougeline se lient d'amitié avec Christine, alias Cricri, une fillette originaire de Provence qui vient tout juste d'arriver dans le quartier. L… OL27059312W
Bridget's home Bridget's home Katie M. Hill "Following their eviction from an English-owned tenant farm, Moira and Barnard Culligan's search for a home takes them far from their beloved Ireland to rooming houses by the Erie Canal and servants'… OL27707932W
Happy Birthday or Whatever Happy Birthday or Whatever Annie Choi Meet Annie Choi. She fears cable cars and refuses to eat anything that casts a shadow. Her brother thinks chicken is a vegetable. Her father occasionally starts fires at work. Her mother collects Jes… OL278031W
Once there was and will never be again Once there was and will never be again Gloria Siers The words "Once upon a time" begin many English fairy tales. In the country called Ukraine, stories often began, "Once there was and will never be again." Those opening words in Ukrainian folklore in… OL28216467W
My mañana comes My mañana comes Irwin, Elizabeth (Dramatist) Just beyond the elegant dining room of an Upper East Side restaurant, four busboys angle for shifts, pray for tips, and cling to dreams to life beyond their dingy back-of-house grind. Expertly juggli… OL28588537W
Soleil Soleil David Bouchet Souleye et sa famille arrivent du Sénégal et s'installent à Montréal. Ils veulent "devenir d'ici", ne pas se retourner. Mais tout ne se passe pas comme prévu, et P'pa se retrouve dans le sous-sol de … OL28596740W
Welcome to Boston Welcome to Boston Karen Rudnick This handbook is packed with handy tips and cultural interpretation about life in the United States. Designed to help international students and scholars manage a move to Boston, it is much more than… OL28956047W
An Eritrean family An Eritrean family Lois Anne Berg Describes an Eritrean family's struggle to emigrate from their country, which was fighting for independence from Ethiopia, to the United States, and the adjustments they have made. OL2977078W
A Bosnian family A Bosnian family Robin Landew Silverman Describes the events that led to war in the former Yugoslavia and the efforts of one family to escape from Bosnia and make a new life in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Includes a Yugoslavian folktale. OL2977081W
Italian Americans Italian Americans Ben Morreale This lavish history of Italian Americans in America provides a powerful focus on the immigrant experience with is packed with black and white photos capturing all facets of Italian American heritage … OL3009253W
Why they left Why they left Anita M. Mallinckrodt 26 p. : 22 cm OL3109466W
Landed Landed Milly Lee After leaving his village in southeastern China, twelve-year-old Sun is held at Angel Island, San Francisco, before being released to join his father, a merchant living in the area. Includes historic… OL3256417W
Lost in America Lost in America Sherwin B. Nuland "He walks with me through every day of my life, in that unsteady, faltering gait that so embarrassed me when I was a boy. Always, he is holding fast to the upper part of my right arm... As we make ou… OL3346116W
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