EARLY AMERICAN JEWRY : VOLUME 2, THE JEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SOUTH, 1655-1790.
Item #24058
Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1953. Cloth; 8vo. Xxi, 594 pages. Volume two (of two) only. First edition. Illustrated with plates. With bibliographic notes and an index. The book talks about Jewish life, the highs and lows, in war and in peace, during persecution, and from the Sephardim to Jewish war speculators. There are biographies of numerous people and how they fared in colonial America. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- United States – History; Jews -- Canada -- History. Marcus (1896-1996) graduated from the University of Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College, where he also taught, and the University of Berlin. In the 1940s, he was instrumental in establishing American Jewish history as an academic discipline, founding the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College and the American Jewish Periodical Center. (EJ, Chyet) Very good condition. (MX-23-4).
Price: $100.00