The Man Who Swam into History: The (Mostly) True Story of My Jewish Family

(Part of the Jewish History, Life, and Culture Series)

by Robert A. Rosenstone

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The story begins with a grandfather who heroically escaped from Russia by swimming the Pruth River to Romania-or did he? Then there are stories of another grandfather who kept a lifelong mistress; grandmothers who were ignored except in the kitchen; migrations legal and illegal from Eastern Europe to Canada to California; racketeers on one side of the family and Communists on the other; and a West Coast adolescence in the McCarthy years. All of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0292709501

ISBN13:9780292709508

Release Date:September 2005

Publisher:University of Texas Press

Length:215 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Canadian Ethnic & National Europe Historical History Jewish Politics & Social Sciences Regional Canada Regional U.S. Romania Social Science Social Sciences West World

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The Man Who Swam into History: The (Mostly) True Story of My Jewish Family

(Part of the Jewish History, Life, and Culture Series)

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