My Father's People: A Family of Southern Jews Contributor(s): Rubin, Louis D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807128082 ISBN-13: 9780807128084 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2002 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2002000454 |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.75" W x 8.61" (0.75 lbs) 139 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Locality - Charleston, South Carolina - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Louis Rubin's people on his father's side were odd, inscrutable, and remarkable. In contrast to his mother's family, who were normal, good people devoid of mystery, the ways of the Rubins both puzzled and attracted him. In My Father's People, Rubin tells as best I can about them all -- my father, his three brothers, and his three sisters. It is a searching, sensitive story of Americanization, assimilation, and the displacement -- and survival -- of a religious heritage. |