Introduction: Breaking stereotypes.--Why they came to America: Shapiro, F. The rebel. Rothman, S. The watchmaker. Soskin, R. The hungry child.--How they came' the passage to America: Moscowitz, P. The child immigrant. Govsky, K. Getting here the hard way.--How they fared: Sharrow, A. The radical in exile.--Linker, M. The mother in the community. Pollock, B. The American par excellence. Richter, I. The entrepreneur/raconteur. Katz, R. The loneliness of old age.--Afterword: For the record.--Background notes on customs and events.