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At the Edge of a Dream: The Story of Jewish Immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, 1880-1920 (Arthur Kurzweil Books)

by: Lawrence J Epstein

: At the Edge of a Dream: The Story of Jewish Immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, 1880-1920 (Arthur Kurzweil Books)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.89240747
EAN: 9780787986223
ISBN: 0787986224
Label: Jossey-Bass
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: August 17, 2007
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Sales Rank: 766293
Studio: Jossey-Bass



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This beautiful book tells the nostalgic tale of how millions of Jewish immigrants entered America through the portal of the Lower East Side. There in New York City they struggled and ultimately flourished in a neighborhood that was the center of Jewish work, family, and culture. For more than fifty years, the Lower East Side spawned newly-mined Americans, including entertainment icons like George Burns and Ira Gershwin, gangsters like Meyer Lansky, and an extraordinary array of people who would go on to transform American society. 

 

 



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Questing for a dream that required hope, determination, courage and luck
At The Edge of A Dream is a very informative, entertaining, and easy-to-read book. Its formal 269 ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A history lesson not often told on Jewish Immigration to NYC 's Lower East Side before the First World War...
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From the harsh realities of life for Jews living in Eastern Europe in the late 1800's to ... Read More


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