Roots and boots
Subtitle: from Crypto-Jew in New Spain to community leader in the American Southwest
By: by Floyd S. Fierman.
Publisher: KTAV Pub. House
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Jews -- Southwest, New -- Genealogy.; Sephardim -- Southwest, New -- Genealogy.; Southwest, New -- Genealogy.
Description: In this book, the author "unearths new sources for the history of the Crypto-Jew in Old Mexico and attempts to estimate their number and status. Jumping several centuries in time, the author then deals with modern Jewish settlement in the area, dating from the 1860's". Some chapters are devoted to pioneer families who made significant contributions in the Southwest, such as Henry Lesinsky.--Book jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 185-228.
Includes index.