The Sweetness of Freedom Stories of Immigrants 1st Edition by Martha Aladjem Bloomfield, Stephen Garr Ostrander ISBN 978-0870139772 0870139770

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ISBN 10:    0870139770

ISBN 13: 978-0870139772

Author: Martha Aladjem Bloomfield, Stephen Garr Ostrander

The Sweetness of Freedom presents an eclectic grouping of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants’ narratives and the personal artifacts, historical documents, and photographs these travelers brought on their journeys to Michigan. Most of the oral histories in this volume are based on interviews conducted with the immigrants themselves.
       Some of the immigrants presented here hoped to gain better education and jobs. Others―refugees―fled their homelands because of war, poverty, repression, religious persecution, or ethnic discrimination. All dreamt of freedom and opportunity. They tell why they left their homelands, why they chose to settle in Michigan, and what they brought or left behind. Some wanted to preserve their heritage, religious customs, traditions, and ethnic identity. Others wanted to forget past conflicts and lost family members. Their stories reveal how they established new lives far away from home, how they endured homesickness and separation, what they gave up and what they gained.

Table of contents: 

1. I Have a Beautiful Country to Work From
   Mathias J. Alten, an Artist from Germany

2. Where the Streets Were Paved with Gold
   Louis Padnos, a Russian Jew

3. America Was the Best Country to Live In
   Haratoune Adrounie, an Armenian from Turkey

4. We Wanted to Be American
   Olga Koskela from Finland

5. Immigration Didn’t Solve All Our Problems
   The Skrzypek Family from Poland

6. We Weren’t Always Welcome in America
   Angeline Spadafore from Italy

7. Anything That I’ve Set My Mind to, I Usually Accomplish
   Carlean Gill, an African American

8. No Mexicans Allowed!
   Marylou Hernandez, a Mexican American from Texas

9. The Trip Became a Great Adventure
   Benno Levi, a Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany

10. The Promise of a Better Future
    The Damstras from the Netherlands

11. We Didn’t Know How Our Future Would Be
    Iwao Ishino, a Japanese American, at the Colorado River War Relocation Center

12. We Have to Make the Best of the Situation
    Mary Kobayashi, a Japanese American, at the Colorado River War Relocation Center

13. From Korea with Love
    Oh Ae Kyung, an Orphan from Korea

14. Call Your Brother in Michigan
    Sharkey S. Haddad, a Chaldean from Iraq

15. We Belong to America Just as Much as America Belongs to Us
    The Hamzas, an Arab Muslim Family from Lebanon

16. I Never Believed I Would Stay in America
    Minchuan Yang and His Daughter, Katie, from China

17. I Can Almost Taste the Sweetness of Freedom
    Lance Truong Escapes from Vietnam

18. Be Like the Bees – Make Plenty of Hives and Honey
    Deo Ngonyani from Tanzania

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