['Comprises approximately 68 autobiographical narratives by immigrants or their family members, and a few other pieces', '"Every family has a story of how they arrived in America, whether it was a few months, years, decades, or centuries ago. \'Journeys: An American Story\' celebrates the vastness and variety of immigration tales in America, featuring seventy-two essays about the different. Every family has a story of how they arrived in America, whether it was a few months, years, decades, or centuries ago. Journeys: An American Story celebrates the vastness and variety of immigration tales in America, featuring seventy-two essays recounting families’ histories of their arrival and experience in this country. This is a collection of family lore, some that has been passed down through . · My American Storyby Andrew Tisch. More than years ago, my grandfather, Avraham Tichinsky, stood as a young child in the big room at the new immigrant arrivals hall on Ellis Island. He took the same oath virtually every American immigrant has taken. Avraham and his family had come from Dniepro-Petrovsk in Ukraine sometime around Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.
"Every family has a story of how they arrived in America, whether it was a few months, years, decades, or centuries ago. Journeys: An American Story celebrates the vastness and variety of immigration tales in America, featuring seventy-two essays about the different ways we got here. This is a collection of family lore, some that has been passed down through generations, and some that is being. Overview Journeys: An American Story by Andrew Tisch, Mary Skafidas Every family has a story of how they arrived in America, whether it was a few months, years, decades, or centuries ago. Journeys: An American Story celebrates the vastness and variety of immigration tales in America, featuring seventy-two essays about the different ways we got. Journeys: An American Story reminds us that we are a nation of immigrants, whose dreams, talent, and hard work are at the core of our success. Thanks to Andrew Tisch and Mary Skafidas for this wonderful book, which reminds us not only where we came from—but where, at our best, we can go from here." —Joanne Lipman, Journalist and author.
Journeys: An American Story by Andrew Tisch is a collection of 72 short stories about how thei r families came to America and what they have done here. It is interesting and shows the many ways to come to America. It is a great discussion start. I received a copy thru a Goodreads Giveaway. (Journeys; Mary Skafidas Andrew Tisch) Al Tisch never loved the garment business so he took advantage of a great American right, the right to change your mind. He and my grandmother tried their hand at the real estate business by buying a pair of summer camps in Blairstown, New Jersey. Journeys: An American Story reminds us that we are a nation of immigrants, whose dreams, talent, and hard work are at the core of our success. Thanks to Andrew Tisch and Mary Skafidas for this wonderful book, which reminds us not only where we came from—but where, at our best, we can go from here.”.
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