Sachar, Howard M.

A History of the Jews in America

ISBN: 0394573536
New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. "Author of definitive histories of European Jewry, Israel, and the Middle East, Howard M. Sachar now brings his renowned scholarly and narrative gifts to the chronicle of the Jews in America. It is an epic three-and-a-half-century account. Here are Spanish and Portuguese Jewish refugees from Brazil negotiating the right to disembark, to recite their Hebrew prayers, and ultimately to build homes, workshops, and synagogues in a colonial wilderness. Central European Jews later make their way westward by wagon train and by mule and canoe across the Panamanian isthmus, pioneering San Francisco and charting the estuaries of frontier commerce. In a subsequent age of steam transportation, East European Jewish garment workers all but revolutionize the social economy of the Eastern Seaboard, and simultaneously energize the arts and sciences, the music and literature, of an entire nation." (from front flap) A sweeping chronicle of the Jewish experience in America by Howard M(orley) Sachar (1928-2018), the great & prolific American historian & academician. Hardcover in unclipped first-issue dust jacket (with $40 price printed at front flap, "5/92" at rear flap), first edition as stated at copyright page, first printing though not specified as such thereon. From the collection of Barbara (1935-2023) & Irving (1933-2018) Nusbaum, world travellers, connoisseurs, eminent collectors of art & books- the dearly missed mother & father of this still-grieving writer. The Jewish-American saga of the Nusbaum & my mother's Samuels families is intertwined with the history depicted in this volume, & continues in my & my families' own & our offspring's generations. Barbara & Irving Nusbaum were extremely proud & accomplished Jewish-Americans. A rich, rewarding door-stopper Sachar collectible in its rarest contemporary form; with exceptionally distinguished & relevant provenance. Book in very fine condition with only a touch of rubbing to front, back covers & spine; a hint of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; slight bending toward front of upper binding (quite possibly as issued with this 1000+-page volume). Interior very fine, appearing substantially mint. Dust jacket very fine with only slightest rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a bit of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same & flaps; very slight age-toning mostly to blank margins/edges of flaps. An extra handling fee of $2.50 will be added for shipping due to the size and weight of this item. Very Fine / Very Fine. [Item #8867]

Price: $60.00