AMERICA AMERICA ELIA KAZAN PAPERBACK BOOK 1974 FIRST PRINTING STEIN AND DAY

THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY ELIA KAZAN TO SHARE HIS UNCLES STORY OF HIS ADVENTURE FROM ANATOLIA IN THE LATE 1880''S TO AMERICA. HE ENDEAVORED TO SHOW THE VALUE OF IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN CULTURE . EVENTUALLY IT BROUGHT ELIA AND HIS FAMILY FROM ANATOLIA TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY ! ELIA KAZAN ALSO DIRECTED , PRODUCED AND WROTE THE 1963 FILM ADAPTATION OF HIS BOOK AMERICA AMERICA IN FINE CONDITION THIS PAPERBACK EDITION -FIRST PRINTING - PUBLISHED BY STEIN AND DAY /PUBLISHERS/ NEW YORK 1974 THIS WAS THE FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED BY STEIN AND DAY IN 1962 This paperback edition 1974 STEIN WORKED WITH KAZAN DAILY ON KAZANS FIRST BOOKS AND THE AMOUNT OF PUBLICITY ATTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS according to history written about the publisher and author. ONE SMALL FOLD ON BOTTOM RIGHT FRONT COVER AS WELL AS ONE SCUFF TO BLACK ON LOWER LEFT CORNER PAGES ARE SLIGHTLY YELLOWED DUE TO AGE NO WRITING BACK COVER LISTS REMARKS BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JAMES BALDWIN ARCHIBALD MACLEISH