Melting Pot (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Published in 1901, and first performed to great success in 1908, Zangwill's play features a Jewish immigrant's assimilation into American culture. David Quixano emigrates from Russia after his family is murdered in a pogrom. Once in the United States he writes a symphony, "e;The Crucible,"e; and falls in love with a young Russian woman whose family hides a shocking secret.