The Promised Land: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Promised Land, credited to Mary Antin, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Promised Land by Mary Antin. Read by Bridget Gaige. Being a Jew in Russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Jews were persecuted because of their religion. So the Jews found comfort in their ancient traditions. When Mary Antin's father decided that keeping to his traditions did not suit him anymore, he found no place in Russia. So he emigrated to America with his family. Life was not easy, though as a child, Mary describes life in Boston as almost perfect. A smart and dignified girl, Mary takes the good things in anything and writes her autobiography with a smile. When you listen to Bridget reading this wonderful book, you can almost feel Mary Antin's trials and joys. (Summary by Stav Nisser)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Promised Land
• Author credits: Mary Antin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 10:13:56

Catalogue topics

• non fiction
• biography
• audio books
• Judaism

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 7:38
2. 01 - Within the Pale — 48:29
3. 02 - Children of the Law — 21:52
4. 03 - Both Their Houses — 28:38
5. 04 - Daily Bread — 31:33
6. 05 - I Remember — 55:05
7. 06 - The Tree of Knowledge — 43:54
8. 07 - The Boundaries Stretch — 43:20
9. 08 - The Exodus — 29:26
10. 09 - The Promised Land — 44:02
11. 10 - Initiation — 26:55
12. 11 - 'My Country' — 31:53
13. 12 - Miracles — 17:49
14. 13 - A Child's Paradise — 19:43
15. 14 - Manna — 20:19
16. 15 - Tarnished Laurels — 15:48
17. 16 - Dover Street — 24:42
18. 17 - The Landlady — 30:58
19. 18 - The Burning Bush — 25:54
20. 19 - A Kingdom in the Slums — 36:03
21. 20 - The Heritage — 10:03

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