While the issue of immigration in the United States, as it exists today, is framed as one of proximity and ease (i.e. Mexico being but a border hop away) as much as financial necessity (there aren’t enough well-paying jobs in Mexico), in previous eras it was far more likely to hear immigration stories based on widespread hardships in foreign lands. One of the best examples of that, outside of the huge influx from the European Jewry around the time of World War II, is the Irish potato famine that desolated farmers across the emerald isles and sent them scrambling for a better life in the United States of America. The Manions of America tells the tale of one such farmer who abandons his withering plot of land at home and takes his chances on the American dream with great success.
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- 3/7/2012
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
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