An edition of Sweet America (2000)
Jamestown's American Portraits
Sweet America
By Steven Kroll
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Publish Date
February 12, 2001
Publisher
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Language
eng
Pages
171
Description:
In 1889, after he and his family emigrate from Italy to New York City, fourteen-year-old Tony tries to adjust to becoming an American, while avoiding an Irish gang and befriending photographer and social reformer Jacob Riis.
subjects: Conduct of life, Gangs, Juvenile fiction, Immigrants, Fiction, Italian Americans, History, Américains d'origine italienne, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
People: Jacob A. Riis (1849-1914)
Places: New York (N.Y.)
Times: 1865-1898