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A Search for America : The Odyssey of an Immigrant (New Canadian Library)
A Search for America The Odyssey of an Immigrant - New Canadian Library Author:Frederick Philip Grove Frederick Philip Grove’s semi-autobiographical A Search for America follows young Phil Branden as he wanders from Montreal to the American Midwest in his quest for “the real America.” Born into a privileged European family whose fortunes have collapsed, Branden must remake himself in North America, shedding his Old World... more » attitudes as he is absorbed into the immigrant underclass. In each of his new occupations – waiter, salesman, hobo, labourer – Branden encounters greed, cruelty, and deceit, yet he also glimpses the promise of a new social order struggling to be born.
First published in 1927, A Search for America is a novel of wonderful range and vision, a fascinating portrait of North American society in the early years of the twentieth century.« less