num_pages: 290
description: Ira Stigman, an immigrant boy, suffers a cruel Americanization process from 1914 through 1921 in a novel that deals with themes of Prohibition, anti-Semitism, racism, and the violence of sexuality. By the author of Call It Sleep. 50,000 first printing.
language: English
title: A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris
titlecomplete: A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris
genres: Jewish, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 197
series: Mercy of a Rude Stream
publisher: St. Martin's Press