| The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner Contributor(s): Evans, Eli N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0878057528 ISBN-13: 9780878057528 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: "(In) a multi-layered book of great warmth and feeling, (Evans) reminds us anew of the Jewish southern inheritance, its ancient intensities and rhythms and heartbeats. This is a very southern book, and also an immensely American one" (Willie Morris). "The Jews of the South have found their poet laureate".--Abba Eban. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 92042313 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.62" W x 8.92" (1.30 lbs) 357 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: (In) a multi-layered book of great warmth and feeling, (Evans) reminds us anew of the Jewish southern inheritance, its ancient intensities and rhythms and heartbeats. This is a very southern book, and also an immensely American one (Willie Morris). The Jews of the South have found their poet laureate.--Abba Eban. |
Contributor Bio(s): Evans, Eli N.: - Eli N. Evans is president emeritus of the Charles H. Revson Foundation in New York City. He graduated from the University of North Carolina (B.A.) and Yale Law School (J.D.) and served as a speechwriter on the White House staff of President Lyndon B. Johnson. A native of Durham, North Carolina, Evans is the author of The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South, Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate, and The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner. |