The Root and the Bough: The Epic of an Enduring People by Schwarz, Leo W - 1949

rinehart & company new york 1949. ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 362pp VG+(v sl bruised corners/lower board edges, v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG(v sl wear/tears/chipped at extremities,v sl rubbed,sl sunned spine)

New York: Rinehart [1949]. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 362pp. Notes, glossary, index. The corners and the bottom edges are lightly bumped. (Holocaust, Anti-Semitism, Concentration Camps, Holocaust, Jews--Europe, Nazi Party, Partisans--World War 2, World War 2).

Very slight toning, Pocket intact FPD, else content appears as unblemished with very good red cloth covered boards displaying minimal surface/edge wear.'The Epic of an Enduring People. This book features 33 short accounts of aspects of the Holocaust - many years before the word itself came into use, The editor was director of the American Joint Distribution Committee in the American Zone of Germany in 1946, less than a year after the war's end. He asked survivors to share their experiences before and during the war - and the collection of their writings "are not only a condemnation of tyranny, but above all constitute a grand testament to human valor and endurance." (p.xv). Over the past 10 years, as I have labored to complete my own book about Stealth Altruism, the care-sharing that at high risk occurred in the camps, I have read hundreds of accounts by former prisoners of their Holocaust gains and losses. This collection stands out in authenticity, vividness, range of… Read More

Rinehart and Company, Inc, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Name of the previous owner. Publication of 362 pages. The dust jacket is worn. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.