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A review by meaganmart
Dreams In The Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky
4.0
After reading through several of the Dear America series, I have to say I think Dreams in the Golden Country is one of my favorites. I think Lasky does an amazing job of capturing the immigrant experience of the early 1900s. The way she portrays the struggle to stay true to your cultural roots while also yearning to assimilate into the American culture is really poignant and incredibly well done.
I am not as familiar with the Jewish immigrant experience as I am with the Irish and Scandanavian immigrant narratives, so it was fascinating not only to be exposed to a little more of the Russian Orthodox Jewish culture but also to learn about cultural mainstays like the Yiddish Theatre. This story was obviously very well researched and was one of the more informative and interesting of the entire cannon of works.
I am not as familiar with the Jewish immigrant experience as I am with the Irish and Scandanavian immigrant narratives, so it was fascinating not only to be exposed to a little more of the Russian Orthodox Jewish culture but also to learn about cultural mainstays like the Yiddish Theatre. This story was obviously very well researched and was one of the more informative and interesting of the entire cannon of works.