The rise of David Levinsky

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"The Rise of David Levinsky, written by the legendary founder and editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, is an early Jewish-American classic. According to the scholar Sam B. Girgus, "The novel is more than an important literary work and cultural document. It forms part of the traditional ritual of renewal of the American Way."" "First published in 1917, Abraham Cahan's realistic novel tells the story of a young talmudic scholar who emigrates from a small town in Russia to the melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York City. As the Jewish "greenhorn" rises from the depths of poverty to become a millionaire garment merchant, he discovers the unbearably high price of assimilation."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Jewish men,  Jews,  Clothing trade,  Immigrants,  Fiction,  Millionaires,  Assimilation (Sociology),  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, psychological,  Fiction, jewish,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Jews, fiction,  Large type books,  Psychological fiction,  Jewish fiction,  Social life and customs,  Jews--new york (state)--new york--fiction,  Assimilation (sociology)--fiction,  Jews--russia--fiction,  Clothing trade--fiction,  Millionaires--fiction,  Immigrants--fiction,  Jewish men--fiction,  Ps3505.a254 r57 1993,  813/.4,  Russian Jews

Places: New York,  New York (State),  Russia,  Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)