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The Immigrant Spirit
Sam Wyly
其他書名
How Newcomers Enrich America
出版WylyBooks Company, 2006-01-14
主題Social Science / General
ISBN09969979469780996997942
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QXFSjwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In his new book, The Immigrant Spirit: How Newcomers Enrich America, Sam Wyly presents a fascinating, often surprising portrait of the immigrant experience in America, focusing on communities throughout the country and people from all walks of life and parts of the world. Readers will enjoy colorful portraits of diverse cities like Houston, Texas, which Wyly dubs "the new face of immigrant America." They'll discover the inspiring stories of people like Albert Gallatin, a French-speaking Swiss immigrant who became our longest-serving Secretary of the Treasury, and Bill Knudsen, a Dane who took on the most important stateside job during World War II and helped seal victory for America. Then there are the so-called regular people, like contractor Carlos Camuñez, who came from Mexico as a boy, learned English on his own, and now runs a successful contracting company in Aspen, Colorado.