Title: Abyss of despair (Yeven metzulah)  The famous 17th century chronicle depicting Jewish life in Russia and Poland during the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648-49
Subtitle: Translated from the Hebrew by Abraham J. Mesch, with an introd. biographical sketch of the author, and explanatory notes by the translator.  Pref. by Solomon Grayzel.
Subjects: Jews, History
Places: Ukraine, Poland
People: Bohdan Khmelʹnyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ (ca. 1594-1657)