Little America
Incredible True Stories of Immigrants in America
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
From the pages of Epic magazine come the true stories that Inspired the Apple Original Series.
Includes nearly a hundred color photographs and a Foreword by Kumail Nanjiani.
Nearly everyone in America came from somewhere else. This is a fundamental part of the American idea—an identity and place open to everyone. People arrive from all points distant, speaking a thousand languages, carrying every culture, each with their own reason for uprooting themselves to try something new.
Everyone has their own unique story. Little America is a collection of those stories, told by the people who lived them. Together, they form a wholly original, at times unexpected portrait of America’s immigrants—and thereby a portrait of America itself.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Since 2013, the online magazine Epic has told the extraordinary stories of ordinary people. Co-founders Joshuah Bearman and Joshua Davis have struck gold with this timely anthology of immigrant stories, which profiles everyone from an Elvis-impersonating truck driver to a Soviet Union–born blimp maker and an Oklahoman cowboy who hails from Nigeria. The stories of these individuals’ journeys make for fascinating, sobering, and uplifting reading. Little America celebrates how immigration enriches culture—while still highlighting the hardships that many immigrants and refugees face long after their arrival in the U.S. We highly recommend reading the book before watching the adaptation on Apple TV+.
