Jacob's cane
Subtitle: a Jewish family's journey from the four lands of Lithuania to the ports of London and Baltimore
By: Elisa New.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780465015252
Subjects: Levy family; Barron family; New, Elisa -- Family; New, Elisa -- Travel -- Lithuania -- Anecdotes; Jews -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography; Jewish businesspeople -- Maryland -- Biography; Jews -- Lithuania -- Biography
Genres: Anecdotes; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Initials --; title: From Shavli, in Lita --; title: From the river Bug to Riga --; title: The free Hanseatic city of Balt-ee-mewer --; title: That bewitching vegetable --; title: What is to be done? --; title: Beautiful machines --; title: What she wears, what he wears --; title: The social-eest --; title: Mother earth --; title: The arcadia works --; title: Jacob's cane --; title: Blitzkrieg Barbarossa --; title: Yellow star, gold star --; title: We expand from shrinking.