The Promised Land - Penguin Classics Author:Mary Antin, Werner Sollors An extraordinary popular success when it was first published in 1912, The Promised Land is a classic account of the Jewish American immigrant experience. Mary Antin emigrated with her family from the — Eastern European town of Polotzk to Boston in 1894, when she was twelve years old. Preternaturally inquisitive, Antin was a provocative observer o... more »f the identity-altering contrasts between Old World and
New. Her narrative — of universal appeal and rich in its depictions of both worlds — captures a large-scale sociocultural landscape and paints a profound self-portrait of an iconoclast seeking to reconcile her
heritage with her newfound identity as an American citizen.« less
Interweaving introspection with political commentary, biography with history...brings to life the transformation of an East European Jewish immigrant into an American citizen...first published in 1912.