{"product_id":"selected-letters-of-mary-antin-9780815606079","title":"Selected Letters of Mary Antin","description":"\u003cp\u003eBest known as an immigrant autobiographer-primarily for the much-celebrated \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePromised Land\u003c\/i\u003e (1912) and \u003ci\u003eFrom Plotzk to Boston-Mary Antin\u003c\/i\u003e (1881-1949) wrote regularly for the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e and played an influential role in the Boston and New York Jewish literary communities. With the publication of her letters, Evelyn Salz restores her\u003cbr\u003eto a prominent place in American literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout her life, Antin corresponded with a wide range of people from Israel Zangwill and Theodore Roosevelt to Zionists Horace Kallen and Bernard G. Richards, as well as writer and editor Louis Lipsky, industrialist Thomas A. Watson, and Rabbi Abraham Cronbach. Impressive in its scope and elegance, this correspondence (1899-1949) follows Antin's life from a precocious adolescence through her years of fame and public involvement (after writing \u003ci\u003eThe Promised Land\u003c\/i\u003e) and her slow descent into mental illness and eventual obscurity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evelyn Salz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.41h x 6.36w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815606079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2000 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 592","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40618879254643,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":33.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7b9e401e-a230-4f49-8594-7fcf9f40eabd.jpg?v=1670424732","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/selected-letters-of-mary-antin-9780815606079","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}