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Becoming America Year 3
= Fall Seminar 4 = Thursday, October 6, 2011 Location: Ferryway School, 150 Cross Street, Malden Map

See the Fall Seminar #4 Synopsis on the Becoming America Blog - Fall Seminar #4 - Mary Antin's Promised Land

Scheduled Topic:
Mary Antin, The Promised Land Vincent Cannato, Ph.D., UMass Boston

Powerpoint from the Seminar
Download PPT Slides [2 MB]

Readings
Mary Antin, Chapters 1-2, 6-11, 16-20, The Promised Land @http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/antin/land/land.html

Alternatively, you can also access the book via Google Books - Mary Antin's The Promised Land

ASSIGNMENT
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