01859cam a2200409 i 4500 1846685205 TxAuBib 20240420120000.0 090520s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009929080 9781598530513 hardcover 1598530518 hardcover (OCoLC)311777151 BTCTA BTCTA UPM THM MNM DLC TLC rda TxAuBib rda Becoming Americans : four centuries of immigrant writing / edited by Ilan Stavans ; foreword by Pete Hamill. New York, NY : Library of America. New York, NY : Distributed to the trade by Penguin Group. ©2009. xxiv, 724 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20240420. Immigrants' writings, American. Immigrants' writings, American. History and criticism. Emigration and immigration Literary collections. Immigrants Literary collections. Stavans, Ilan, editor. Library of America (Firm). Library of America. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009929080-b.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009929080-d.html Publisher description