The Immigrants' Children, Jewish and Italian memories of Old South Portland
By: Polina Olsen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Smart Talk Publications
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9780978718312
Subjects: Immigrants -- Oregon -- Portland -- History.; Jews -- Oregon -- Portland -- History.; Italians -- Oregon -- Portland -- History.; Portland (Or.) -- History.
Genres: oral history
First sentence: We lived in an open ghetto where we were free to come and go.
Description: In the early 1900s Jewish and Italian immigrants settled in South Portland. It was a self-contained community that replicated the societies they left behind in Europe. This oral history captures daily life through the words of the immigrant's children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-118) and index.
Table of contents: class: section
title: The Immigrants' Children; class: section
title: Coming to Portland