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Author's note................................................................ |
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| Prologue...................................................................... |
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| Part One: The Peasant Life |
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| Chapter One:
A Child Learns Her Place.................... |
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| Chapter Two:
School and the Good Nuns.................. |
40 |
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| Chapter Three:
Working Out.................................... |
55 |
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| Chapter Four:
The Chosen One................................ |
66 |
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| Part Two: The Long Trek West |
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| Chapter
Five: Over Land and Sea............................. |
75 |
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| Chapter Six:
Weeks at Ellis Island........................... |
105 |
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| Chapter Seven:
Six Weeks in New York City............ |
122 |
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| Chapter Eight:
Into the Heartland............................. |
170 |
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| Part Three: In America |
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| Chapter Nine:
The First Hard Years.......................... |
191 |
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| Chapter Ten:
A Better Life....................................... |
244 |
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| Chapter Eleven:
The Gathering of Family.................. |
298 |
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| Epilogue...................................................................... |
331 |
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| Acknowledgements...................................................... |
337 |
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| Resources: Through Different
Eyes............................... |
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