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FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON

FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON by ANTIN, Mary

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Title
FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON
Author
ANTIN, Mary
Seller
Boston Book Company (United States)
Description
1899. ANTIN, Mary. FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON. With a Foreword by Israel ZANGWILL. Boston: W. B. Clarke & Co., 1899. First edition. 80 pp. 8vo., light reddish brown wrappers printed in black. Extremities of wrappers chipped, darkened. An acceptable copy of a fragile item. Included in the Masterworks of Modern Jewish Writing Series in 1986. This is a first edition of Antin's first book, a record of her voyage from her native Plotzk, White Russia, to America. Mary[ashe] Antin (1881-1949) spent her childhood in a small town in the pale. Like other immigrant children, in the days when grade levels were determined by competence in English rather than age, thirteen year old Antin squeezed herself into a desk meant for a kindergarten child. Her intelligence and evident literary gifts quickly impressed her teachers. Eager to demonstrate how much an immigrant child could accomplish in only four months, one of Antin's teachers sent her composition "Snow" to the periodical Primary Education. After seeing her name in print for the first time, Antin was determined to become a writer. She attended the Girl's Latin School of Boston, and later New York Teacher's College of Columbia University. Incredibly, FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON was written when the author was only eleven years old! "...it was at that age that she first wrote the thing in Yiddish, though she was thirteen when she translated it into English" (Israel Zangwill, Foreword, p. 7). Antin's story bravely articulated the Jewish immigrant experience - "for, despite the noble spirit in which the Jews of America have grappled with the invasion, we still know too little of the feelings of the people themselves" (ibid). Thirteen years later, Antin would publish the work for which she would be best remembered, her autobiography entitled THE PROMISED LAND (UJE, Volume 1, 337). Jewish Women in America, Volume 1.
The Diary of Patrick Breen; Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound In the Sierra 1846-47

The Diary of Patrick Breen; Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound In the Sierra 1846-47 by Stewart, George R. (Introduction and Notes); Mallette Dean (Illustration and Decorations)

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The Diary of Patrick Breen; Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound In the Sierra 1846-47
Author
Stewart, George R. (Introduction and Notes); Mallette Dean (Illustration and Decorations)
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
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Near fine
Description
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed at the Allen Press], 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Dean, Mallette. One of 300 copies, octavo size, [68] pp. "The publication of the most famous of all documents relating to the Donner Party," published at the centennial of the author's original accounting of the tragic and horrifying ordeal, with a complete facsimile of the 29-page manuscript, previously published only by the Academy of Pacific Coast History in 1910. This volume is an early publication by the Allen Press, still using the imprint "L-D Allen Press", with the relief-cut illustration on the half-title page, decorations and patterned boards by Mallette Dean. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter white cloth with illustrated quill motif paper boards printed in green and brown, title in green on the spine, fore- and bottom edges rough cut, title page printed in brown and black with green quill motif, headers printed in brown with ornamental type, quills printed in brown ornament the page numbers, reproduction of a photograph of Patrick Breen from Sutter's Fort Historical Museum, 29-page facsimile of the manuscript diary; handset Bulmer type, all-rag paper, octavo size (8.25" by 5.25"), pagination: [1-5] 6-38 [39-68], one of 300 copies, unnumbered. ___CONDITION: Volume fine overall, with clean boards, straight corners with miniscule rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a hint of dustiness to the head and tail of the spine and some offsetting to the pastedown endpapers, else fine. ___CITATIONS: Allen Press Bibliography, no. 5; BCC no. 64; Hawk no. 228. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

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