Pioneer Jews
Subtitle: A New Life in the Far West
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: July 5, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780618001965
First sentence: The story of Jews in the Far West began in the northernmost wilds of colonial Mexico on a sixteenth-century Spanish land grant.
Description: When people think of the Jewish immigrant experience, it's usually the Lower East Side of New York that comes to mind. But, in fact, thousands of Jews lived in western mining towns and on ranches and trading posts in the late nineteenth century. Here is a vivid chronicle of the lives, experiences, and contributions of the Jewish men and women who helped shape the American frontier.--From publisher description.