From Plotzk to Boston

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antin, Mary, 1881-1949

Contributor:

Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"From Plotzk to Boston" by Mary Antin is a memoir written in the late 19th century. This autobiographical account narrates the author's journey as a Jewish immigrant from the small town of Plotzk in Poland to Boston, Massachusetts, capturing the experience of emigration during a significant wave of Jewish migration to America seeking freedom and better opportunities. The book details the emotional and physical challenges Mary and her family face throughout their journey. Starting from the tearful goodbye at the train station in Plotzk, the narrative unfolds as they navigate through various towns and encounter roadblocks, from bureaucratic hurdles at border crossings to the harsh realities of quarantine in Germany. Throughout these trials, Antin vividly portrays the struggles of maintaining hope and resilience amid uncertainty. Ultimately, the memoir crescendos into the family's arrival in Boston, where they embrace the long-sought freedom and new beginnings, portraying both the pains and triumphs of the immigrant experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Arie Tuinman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Plotzk_to_Boston

Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2007-02-21