| Description |
xiii, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
In tracing the roots of his own family, Laskin captures the epic sweep of the twentieth century. He honors the traditions, the lives, and the choices of his ancestors: revolutionaries and entrepreneurs, scholars and farmers, tycoons and truck drivers. In doing so he creates a deeply personal, dramatic, and emotional account of people caught in a cataclysmic time in world history. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Volozhin -- The move to Rakov -- The making of a revolutionary -- The boys -- Lower East Side -- The birth of a business -- Socialist in a black satin dress -- First World War -- Pioneers -- The depression -- "We will be glad to take you back" -- In love in the land -- Return to Rakov -- "The world of tomorrow" -- Second World War -- Under the big ones -- "They snatch whole streets" -- "Aktion" -- Vilna ghetto -- Yom kippur, 1941 -- Wonder girl -- Breakdowns -- Despairing people -- Klooga -- Postwar -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-371) and index. |
| Subject |
Kaganovich family.
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Laskin, David, 1953-
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Jews -- Belarus -- Biography.
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Jews, Belarusian -- United States -- Biography.
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Jews, Belarusian -- Palestine -- Biography.
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Valozhyn (Belarus) -- Biography.
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Belarus -- Valozhyn.
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Middle East -- Palestine.
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| Added Title |
Journey into the heart of the twentieth century |
| ISBN |
0143125893 softcover |
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9780143125891 |
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