An Orphan in History
One Mans Triumphant Search for His Jewish Roots
Published on 14. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-58023-135-0 (ISBN)
Description
After growing up as a fully assimilated Jew, Paul Cowan embarks upon a journey to discover and appreciate his true identity and heritage, traveling a path from his Park Avenue home to nineteenth-century Lithuania to a contemporary Israeli kibbutz.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Woodstock
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
407 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58023-135-0 (9781580231350)
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01/2012
1st Edition
Jewish Lights
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Person
Paul Cowan was an inspiring author of several books, including The Tribes of America, The Making of an Un-American, and, with his wife, Rachel Cowan, Mixed Blessings. He died in 1988 of complications from leukemia. Rachel Cowan wrote the Afterword for the paperback edition of An Orphan in History (originally published by Doubleday).