Crevecoeur's Letters From An American Farmer

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Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur wrote, Letters From An American Farmer, he was also the first writer to use the phrase, "melting pot" to describe American society. How I describe the melting pot is a way Americans used to try to perfect the American culture. Everyone who came to America was searching for refuge and freedom and safety and leave all their troubles where they came from, however they meant not to leave their cultivation. "Ubi panis ibi patria'' ,(Crevecoeur 221) this phrase means where there is bread this is my country. I love this because America has always been a place for people to start over, find a home, find peace and free religion. As well any family would give up anything to make sure their family has bread (food)

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