1881-1949

The autobiography of author Mary Antin, who immigrated to the United States from her native Russia in the 1890s at the age of 12, detailing the excitements and challenges she encountered as she struggled to assimilate into American life.

Presents Mary Antin's 1912 account of her experiences as a Jewish immigrant who came to America from a Russian village in 1894, when she was twelve.

Based on a memoir written in the early twentieth century, tells the story of a young girl and her life in Russia, her travels to America, and her subsequent life in the United States.