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A Land of Promise: An Account of Jacob Isaacs, Jewish Convict and Benjamin Isaacs, Christian Printer and Publisher Hardcover -
by Kris Jacobsen
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- Title A Land of Promise: An Account of Jacob Isaacs, Jewish Convict and Benjamin Isaacs, Christian Printer and Publisher
- Author Kris Jacobsen
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 188
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher K. Jacobsen C2009
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780646508658 / 0646508652
- Library of Congress subjects Publishers and publishing - Australia, Jews - Australia - History - 19th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010497369
- Dewey Decimal Code 994.02
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Canberra, Kambah: The Author: Kris Jacobsen, 2009. 1st ed.. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, full-page colour & sepia (brown-tinted) plates (mostly of paintings), black & white drawings (mostly letters), tables, minor edgewear. 188 pp. First edition. The story of a young Jew, Jacob Isaacs, and his son Benjamin, who were living in the oppressive social and economic conditions in the east London district of Whitechapel. Jacob had been trained as a hatter but, driven to crime by his pervasive poverty and an eye for a quick gain, he turned to criminal activities which resulted in his transportation, on two separate occasions, to the penal colony of New South Wales. Benjamin became involved in a charitable London institution which installed Christian beliefs, and provided n education and an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He migrated free to New South Wales where he was responsible for establishing the first newspaper at Parramatta and Bathurst. In a career spanning a lifetime…
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