The Making of Americans, Being a History of a Family's Progress

By Gertrude Stein

Book Overview

"Essential for all literature collections . . . Several of Stein's titles returned to print in 1995, but none more important than The Making of Americans."-Library Journal

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871100991
• ISBN13: 9780871100993
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: Ultramarine Pub Co
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Beautifully written!

It is a shame that so much of Gertrude Stein's work is dismissed because of its unconventionality. Though sometimes difficult to read, Stein's writing has a lyrical quality about it unparalleled by the work of other writers. The Making of Americans is probably one of her best, and well worth the effort it might take to read it. I found that after only a few pages, I was moved along by the rhythm and cadence that carries the story. A wonderful read!

The great unsung classic of the twentieth century.

What starts of as an anecdotal recounting of what I imagine is Stein's forefathers and foremothers immigrant experience launches off into a brilliant, highly intellectual examination and rhapsody of individuality and conformity among other things (like death and consciousness and the battle between the sexes). This book will literally change the way you think you think. I think it should.