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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1936. Hardcover. 468p., second edition, corners bumped, previous owner's name and address penned on free front endpaper, else very good condition. No dj. Louis Adamic, 1898-1951, is among the most important Jugoslav-American interpreters of the American immigrant experience. His work, fiction and nonfiction alike, constantly discusses the process of assimilation into American society, particularly for the laboring classes. Fiercely independent, Adamic was embroiled in constant controversy. Although critical of Soviet Communism---a stance that earned him the opprobrium of C.P. literary circles in the United States---he became the first American journalist to publicize and support Tito's partisans in his native land, a position that increased his already controversial status among the welter of organized Jugoslav ethnic groups both within that nation and in exile. Worries about his alienation from Eastern Europe were compounded by Cold War fears that developed… Read More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1936. Considerable soiling on covers and page edges. Ex-library with usual markings.. 1st Ed.. Hard Cover. Poor/None. Autobiography.