Jews Among the Indians: Tales of Adventure and Conflict in the Old West - Hardcover

Marks, Mitchell Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0963296507 ISBN 13: 9780963296504

Publisher: Benison Books, 1992

Synopsis

The story of what happened when immigrant Jews encountered American Indians on the western frontier during the 19th Century. This book captures the romance of the period, a romance compounded of courage, adventure, heroism, and the determination to survive and to succeed. Highly readable, the book is useful to scholars, as well as to general readers interested in the history of the American West or ethnic studies.

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About the Author

Mel Marks is the retired president of a Chicago-based marketing company. He has been a guest lecturer at the Northwestern University Graduate School of Management and at John Marshall Law School, Chicago. A newspaperman early in his career, he resumed writing full-time since his retirement. His more recent work has appeared in CHICAGO MAGAZINE, ACROSS THE BOARD, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, TEXAS, and WESTERN STATES JEWISH HISTORY. His work is represented in anthology, ABOUT MEN: REFLECTIONS ON THE MALE EXPERIENCE (Poseidon Press, 1987). He and his wife reside in Chicago.

Review

Recent scholarship has made clear that the American Frontier, instead of being "a border betwen civilization and savagery," was a fascinating zone of cross-cultural exchange. JEWS AMONG THE INDIANS offers a window on the multi-cultural world of the American West, demonstratingthat there was a mutual curiosity, cooperation, and adaptation there as well as violence and tragedy. This book contributes significantly to the re-casting of western history while telling a wonderful story. -- The Newberry Library, Chicago

Edition details

• Publisher: Benison Books
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0963296507
• ISBN 13: 9780963296504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184