polish americans

Presents a history of Polish immigration to the U.S. beginning with Jamestown, Virginia in 1608, the mass influx into the country during the reign of Otto von Bismark in Prussia, Polish refugees during both world wars, and assimilation into American society.

At the request of her sixth grade teacher, Edwina Rose Sachs records events in the lives of her Polish immigrant family and their friends living in Brooklyn in the early 1900s.

Describes the cultural heritage of Polish Americans since the first large immigration wave in the mid-nineteenth century, emphasizing qualities common within the Polish-American community, including respect for the ancestral homeland, deep religious faith, and shared cultural values such as family loyalty and self-sufficiency.

A young girl shares her ballet dancing with her dying grandmother and the grandmother shares memories of her family's immigration from Poland and of dancing with the girl's grandfather.

In 1893 in Buffalo, New York, thirteen-year-old Stefan helps his financially troubled Polish American family survive hard times by making and selling drawings.

Examines the large migration of Polish peoples who came to America from the late 1800s through the twentieth century, their hardships and struggles to make a new life; and contains a timeline, charts and graphs, and profiles on important people and events.

Fifteen-year-old Frank Kovacs, a Polish immigrant working in the coal mines of eastern Pennsylvania, begins a correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt after he assumes the presidency on September 14, 1901.

Examines the experiences of Polish immigrants in the United States, discussing the reasons why they left their country, and their efforts to find jobs, homes, and build new lives. Includes a chronology, immigration figures, a list of famous Polish immigrants, and other reference tools.

Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Polish, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.