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M.E. Ravage, one in all nearly million Jews, used to be lured by way of stories of luck to the USA on the flip of the 20 th century. After studying a brand new language and discovering luck in collage he penned a bright account of his personal assimilation. Steven G. Kellman brings Ravage's tale to lifestyles back during this re-creation, offering a short biography and historic and literary contexts. An American within the Making contributes to an knowing of the suggestion of ""America"" and is still well timed, specifically while giant immigration from Latin the USA and Asia, demanding situations principles of nationwide identification.
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The children, too, were by no means forgotten. There were railways that were wound up like clocks and ran around in their tracks like real trains, and dancing negroes, and squawking dolls, and jews’-harps, and scores of other delights for the palate as well as the fancy. And then the climax was capped when Couza himself drew forth out of that trunk of wonders the final package and proceeded to unwrap therefrom endless reams of tissue-paper, and just as his spectators were about to succumb to the torments of breathless curiosity, held it up and presented it to his old mother—a musical box to the value of twenty-five francs.
Surely it was not his fault that my fellow-townsmen were so literal and so simple. Let us remember that he was cautious to the point of taciturnity about his own achievements and accomplishments, particularly when he perceived the drift of the impression he was making. A less noble character than he could not have resisted the temptation of bragging about his own wealth and influence as he resisted it. And let us further remember that it was no voluntary misrepresentation on his part when in a moment of metaphorical excitement he let it be known that he was an envoy of the American Government in Paris; that the statement was forced upon him by my fellow-townsmen; and that in the deepest spiritual sense it was not a misrepresentation at all.
No one took him up on that because of the obvious technical points involved. But the next morning Vaslui awoke to learn with bitter disappointment that a telegram from Paris had recalled the special representative to his duties. He had left in such haste, the official statement added, that he had not even taken his trunks. The glory of our city was gone forever, for, although the hope was held out to us that he would return for another short stay and for his costly baggage as soon as Captain Dreyfus had had his trial, we never saw him again.
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