God, Zangwill claimed, was using America as “a crucible” to melt the “fifty” barbarian tribes of Europe into a metal from which He can cast Americans. Today, the melting pot metaphor is ...

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Into this crucible ride Sara (Betty Gilpin ... the trite story of Sara and Isaac—yet another righteous woman melting the heart of a cold, wounded man. Though they kill when they have to ...