[PDF.26av] The Peddler's Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi

The Peddler's Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi

[PDF.ht53] The Peddler's Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi

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 | #2262519 in Books |  University Press of Mississippi |  1999-08-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .88 x5.29 x8.28l, | File type: PDF | 193 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Think of this book as a PBS special without video|By Grover van Lynden|Being a Jewish peddler's grandson myself, I'd hoped Edward Cohen's memoir would contain abundant anecdotes of what his grandfather remembered about peddling and, later, what it was like, day in and day out, to be a cog in a family store business. While the book does touch upon dry goods stores and peddling,|From Booklist|Cohen grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1950s and 1960s. In a city of 100,000 people, mostly Baptists, he was one of about 300 Jews. His immigrant grandparents settled there, coming from Romani

Edward Cohen grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, the heart of the Bible Belt, thousand of miles from the northern centers of Jewish culture. As a child he sang "Dixie" in his segregated school, said the "sh'ma" at temple. While the civil rights struggle exploded all around, he worked at the family clothing store that catered to blacks.

His grandfather Moise had left Romania and all his family for a very different world, the Deep South. Peddling on foot from farm to fa...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Peddler's Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi   |  Edward Cohen.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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