Becoming Americans : four centuries of immigrant writing / edited by Ilan Stavans ; foreword by Pete Hamill. - New York, NY : Library of America : Distributed to the trade by Penguin Group, c2009. - xxiv, 724 p. : ill. ; - Library of America .

"A special publication of the Library of America."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 787-717) and index.

Comprised mostly of memoirs with some fiction, this volume gathers selections from the writings of 85 immigrants from 45 countries that illustrate the changing views of immigrants in the United States.

9781598530513 (hardcover) 1598530518


Immigrants' writings, American.
Immigrants' writings, American
Emigration and immigration--Literary collections.
Immigrants--Literary collections.

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