| Description |
1 online resource (x, 296 pages) |
| Contents |
The life story of a Lithuanian -- Polish sweatshop girl -- Italian bootblack -- Greek peddler -- Swedish farmer -- French dressmaker -- German nurse girl -- Irish cook -- Farmer's wife -- Itinerant minister -- Negro peon -- Indian -- Igorrote chief -- Syrian -- Japanese servant -- Chinaman -- Florida sponge fisherman -- Hungarian peon -- Southern white woman -- Southern colored woman -- A Northern Negro's autobiography -- Leaves from the mental portfolio of a Eurasian -- Story of two moonshiners -- Experiences of a chorus girl -- Autobiography of a football player -- Confessions of a woman professor -- Story of the waitress |
| Summary |
Hamilton Holt, editor of The Independent, collected these touching autobiographies of ordinary people--new immigrants and sharecroppers, cooks and fishermen, women and men working in sweatshops, in the city, and on the land. First published in 1906, and reissued a decade ago, this new edition of Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans is expanded to include lives Holt did not include in his original selection, as well as a new preface by Werner Sollors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Minorities -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Reference.
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Ethnic relations
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Minorities
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Race relations
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139912
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
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United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951.
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| ISBN |
0203901916 |
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9780203901915 |
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0203901908 |
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9780203901908 |
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9780415925105 |
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041592510X |
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0559311168 |
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9780559311161 |
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9786610407149 |
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6610407142 |
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