Golda Meir: The Romantic Years

Martin, Ralph G.

ISBN 10: 0684190176 / ISBN 13: 9780684190174

Published by Scribner, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Golda Meir: The Romantic Years
• Publisher: Scribner, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684190176
• ISBN 13: 9780684190174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography
  • Politics

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Synopsis

Traces the early life of the headstrong woman who worked tirelessly for the foundation of a Jewish nation, focusing on the events leading up to the founding of Israel

Reviews

Based in part on hundreds of interviews, this gossipy, intimate, bubbly portrait by the bestselling biographer of Lady Randolph Churchill ( Jennie ) and John Kennedy ( A Hero for Our Time ) strips away Meir's tough-minded politician's exterior to fathom a lonely, tender-hearted woman aching for love. Martin reveals that her marriage to bookish dreamer Morris Meyerson was a hollow shell, a protective screen that enabled her to carry on affairs with a wide variety of men. Short on political analysis and sometimes myopic, his informal narrative follows feisty "Goldie" from her first eight years in Kiev where she was born in 1893 to Milwaukee's lower west side where her family settled, through her early Zionist activity in Denver, her migration to Palestine and her increasingly prominent role as champion of Israeli statehood. The story ends in 1948 with Israel's creation; presumably a second installment will follow. This book should be as popular as Martin's previous biographies. Photos not seen by PW. 100,000 first printing; major ad/promo; BOMC alternate.
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A founder of Israel and later Prime Minister, Meir was one of the most influential women of the 20th century. She projected an image of pragmatism combined with unwavering devotion to the cause of creating and maintaining a Jewish homeland. Now best-selling biographer Martin ( Jennie ) reveals her human side. Emphasizing her inadequacies as a wife and mother and cataloguing her alleged lovers, Martin traces Meir's life through 1948. Although he interweaves her political successes with her human frailties, Martin fails to make his subject come alive; however, the titillating revelations, the author's reputation, and BOMC status will undoubtedly make this a highly requested title. BOMC alternate. Andrea Caron Kempf, Johnson Community Coll. Lib., Overland Park, Kan.
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