The ethnic almanac by Johns, Stephanie Bernardo - 1981

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1981, 1981. Very Good. xv, 560 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0385141432 :; 9780385141437 ; LCCN: 80-18776 ; OCLC: 6581219 ; LC: E184.A1; Dewey: 973/.04 ; mauve and brown cloth in dustjacket ; A look at the customs, culture, and traditions various ethnic groups brought to America, drawn from books, encyclopedias, periodicals, newspapers, and private sources. Facts, statistics, biographical profiles, and entertaining anecdotes underscore the contributions that immigrants from around the world have made to America, especially in language, literature, business, art, science, technology, and medicine ; "Stephanie Bernardo's Ethnic Almanac (Garden City, N.Y.: Dolphin Books, Doubleday & Co., 1981) takes a lighter yet interesting and useful look at twenty- five of the largest ethnic groups in the United States." ; edge tear to top of back dustjacket, else VG/G