One Way Out: A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America

By William Carleton

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Leaving behind a life of tradition and constraint, a man ventures into the unknown, hoping to find freedom and prosperity in a new land.

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Culture/Civilization/Society History - American Sociology

Released

2009-03-12

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Summary

"One Way Out: A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America" by William Carleton is a memoir that recounts a man's transformative emigration in the early 1900s. Carleton, bound by his family's legacy and feeling stifled by middle-class New England life, embarks on a journey to America seeking a brighter future. He grapples with the emotional weight of his father's death and the limitations of his upbringing, finding inspiration from other travelers on a quest for opportunity. Faced with hardship and searching for independence, the narrative explores Carleton's determination to escape the past and rewrite his story in a nation of dreams.