New Americans: An Oral History

by Al Santoli

Members of eighteen immigrant American families who have left or fled homes in Vietnam, Russia, Haiti, Mexico, and many other parts of the world to seek refuge here describe what they have left behind and what they have found

Genres: History

392 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Claudia · Rating 5 out of 5]

First hand accounts of what it was like "Coming to America" from immigrants from Afghanistan, The Phillipines, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Mayans, Italy, Loas, England, Haiti and Cuba--before and after Mariel. A must read.

[Marie]

New Americans: An Oral History by Al Santoli (1990)