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The Rise of David Levinsky
Abraham Cahan
Start Publishing LLC · Paperback · July 18, 2013
Reading lane: Historical Fiction
A young Hasidic Jew struggling to master the Talmud seeks his fortune amid the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side.
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Book Details
- Authors
- Abraham Cahan
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- July 18, 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Historical Fiction · Jewish Fiction
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction
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Publisher Categories
Historical Fiction
Jewish Fiction
About This Book
A young Hasidic Jew struggling to master the Talmud seeks his fortune amid the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side. The energy formerly focused on his religious studies now turns in the direction of rising to the top of the business world, where he discovers the high price of assimilation.
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