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(0)Arlene Alda
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"'A down-to-earth, inspiring book about the American promise fulfilled'--President Bill Clinton; 'Fascinating. Made me wish I had been born in the Bronx'--Barbara Walters; A touching and provocative collection of memories that evoke the history of one of America's most influential boroughs--the Bronx--through some of its many success stories. The vivid oral histories in Arlene Alda's Just Kids from the Bronx reveal what it was like to grow up in the...
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2003.
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A little girl tries to cheer up her homesick, Italian-born mother who lives in the lower eastside tenements of 1930's New York City. When the child wins a packet of seeds, she plants them. The seeds become morning glories, whose beauty reaches the mother and everyone who sees them.
18) Journeys: An American Story: An American Story: 72 Essays about Immigration and American Greatness
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A compilation of American immigration tales, featuring seventy-two essays from Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Oz, Michael Bloomberg, Alan Alda, Mary Choi, and others.
Journeys captures the quintessential idea of the American dream. The individuals in this book are only a part of the brilliant mosaic of people who came to this country and made it what it is today. Read about the governor's grandfathers who dug ditches and cleaned sewers, laying the groundwork...
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