Moses Levy of Florida
Subtitle: Jewish Utopian and antebellum reformer
By: C.S. Monaco.
Series: Southern biography series
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Levy, Moses E.; Yulee, David Levy, 1810-1886 -- Childhood and youth.; Jews -- Florida -- Biography.; Jews -- Florida -- History -- 19th century.; Florida -- History -- 1821-1865.; Florida -- Biography.; Florida -- Ethnic relations.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: A precarious youth; title: A West Indies merchant; title: "An asylum ... for our fellow creatures"; title: Toward America; title: Incident at Curaçao; title: New beginnings; title: A Florida settlement; title: A Jewish activist abroad; title: Return to Florida; title: The rise of Senator Yulee and the end of a remarkable life.