World Of Our Fathers The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made
by Howe Irving
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671227556
- ISBN 13
- 9780671227555
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Simon and Schuster. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. Trade Paperback. 0671227556 . An oversize Trade paperback in good+ condition. A tightly bound copy with a bright, unmarked interior. The covers shows wear to the edges and spine ends with some discoloration to the covers. "It was a great adventure--the emigration in the 1880s of two million Jews from East Europe to the United States. Many settled in New York, where they attempted to maintain their own Yiddish culture even while making their way into American society. Howe tells the story of these people--from sweatshop to Hollywood studio, from yeshiva to university, every aspect of Jewish life is vividly depicted." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 714 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9413
- Title
- World Of Our Fathers The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made
- Author
- Howe Irving
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671227556
- ISBN 13
- 9780671227555
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 0671227556, Emigration & Immigration, Jewish, New York
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Sciences; Culture; Anthropology;
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