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A reissue of the controversial novel about middle-class Jewish life in Old San Francisco.

Originally published in 1900 and set in fin-de-si cle California, Heirs of Yesterday by Emma Wolf (1865-1932) uses a love story to explore topics such as familial... Read Full Overview

""Heirs Of Yesterday"" is a novel written by Emma Wolf and published in 1900. The story follows the lives of two Jewish families, the Rosenbaums and the Oppenheims, who are both struggling to adapt to the changing times of the late 19th century in America. The Rosenbaums are... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

... Out of what dim corner of his brain had the words sprung? - words scarcely noticed when spoken almost forty years before. Was it the suggestion of Jean Willard's creamy girl-face with its shadowy eyes and her mass of shadowy dark hair? Was it the spirit-presence of one whose... Read Full Overview

A reissue of the controversial novel about middle-class Jewish life in Old San Francisco.

Originally published in 1900 and set in fin-de-si cle California, Heirs of Yesterday by Emma Wolf (1865-1932) uses a love story to explore topics such as familial... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview