Introduction: Breaking stereotypes.

Why they came to America: Shapiro, F. The rebel. Rothman, S. The watchmaker. Soskin, R. The hungry child.

How they came, the passage to America: Moscowitz, P. The child immigrant. Govsky, K. Getting here the hard way.

How they fared: Sharrow, A. The radical in exile. Linker, M. The mother in the community. Pollock, B. The American par excellence. Richter, I. The entrepreneur/raconteur. Katz, R. The loneliness of old age.

Afterword: For the record.

Background notes on customs and events.

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