WORLD OF OUR FATHERS: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made,
by Howe, Irving with assistance of Kenneth Libo
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine in blue buckram with silver lettering on the spine in a very good slipcase.
- ISBN 10
- 0151463530
- ISBN 13
- 9780151463534
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About This Item
New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1976). SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in blue buckram with silver lettering on the spine in a very good slipcase. . Deluxe autographed edition. A book which tells the story of over 2 million Jewish immigrants who came to in America in four decades beginning with the 1880s, many settling in New York City, and how they strived to keep their Yiddish culture while making their way in the new society. SIGNED by Irving Howe on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. Footnotes, reference notes, glossary of Yiddish terms, bibliographical notes, index, xx, 714 pp.
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- Title
- WORLD OF OUR FATHERS: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made,
- Author
- Howe, Irving with assistance of Kenneth Libo
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in blue buckram with silver lettering on the spine in a very good slipcase.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151463530
- ISBN 13
- 9780151463534
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1976)
- Keywords
- new york city, immigration, us history,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica;
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