Jews without money /
As a writer and political activist in the early 20th century, Michael Gold was an important presence on the American cultural scene for more than three decades. Beginning in the 1920s his was a powerful journalistic voice for social change and human rights, and this book - the author's only nov...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Carroll & Graf,
2004.
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| Edition: | 3rd Carroll & Graf ed. |
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| Summary: | As a writer and political activist in the early 20th century, Michael Gold was an important presence on the American cultural scene for more than three decades. Beginning in the 1920s his was a powerful journalistic voice for social change and human rights, and this book - the author's only novel- is a passionate record of the times. First published in 1939, this fictionalized autobiography offered an unusually candid look at the thieves, gangsters, and ordinary citizens who struggled against brutal odds on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This book is a literary landmark of the Jewish experience. -- from Back Cover. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in 1930. |
| Physical Description: | 309 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0786713453 9780786713455 |