The Immigrants
In this sweeping journey of love and fortune, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the rise and fall of a family of roughneck immigrants determined to make their way in America at the turn of the century.Born in 1914, Howard Fast published over 53 novels, including numerous New York Times...
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In this sweeping journey of love and fortune, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the rise and fall of a family of roughneck immigrants determined to make their way in America at the turn of the century.Born in 1914, Howard Fast published over 53 novels, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His most famous novels included Spartacus, Freedom Road, Citizen Tom Paine, April Morning, The Crossing, The Unvanquished, My Glorious Brothers, and the three generation family saga beginning with The Immigrants. Nineteen of his works became movies.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781402237911 (140223791X)
ASIN: 140223791X
Publish date: March 1st 2010
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages no: 474
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
History,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Irish Literature,
Historical Romance,
Family,
American History,
Italian Literature
Series: Lavette Family (#1)
I had a basic 'meh' response to this book. Hoping for a John Jakes style epic, I was disappointed in the one-dimensional characters, skimming over of important historical events, and general blandness of this novel.My favorite characters in this book were Joseph and Anna Lavette, who are the origina...
I wish I could give this book 5 stars, I really wish I could because I loved the story pretty much. The thing which kept me from giving it 5 stars was the quality of writing. I would have been unfair to some other books I have read had I given this book 5 stars. The thing I didn't like was the lack ...
A love story of tremendous beauty...a tale of passion, adventure, and ambition set against the streets of San Francisco, America's most romantic city.Dan Lavette's parents immigrated to America and eventually made their way to San Francisco, and Dan learns to be a fisherman like his father - but whe...
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