In the promised land : lives of Jewish Americans / by Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu.
| Author/creator | Rappaport, Doreen |
| Other author | Van Wright, Cornelius illustrator. |
| Other author | Hu, Ying-Hwa illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | [New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers, [©2005] |
| Description | 31 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Asher Levy C.1628-1682 -- Ernestine Rose 1810-1892 -- Solomon Nunes Carvalho 1815-1897 -- Jacob W. Davis 1834-1908 -- Lillian Wald 1867-1940 -- Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss) 1874-1926 -- Pauline Newman 1890-1986 -- Lillian Copeland 1904-1964 -- Ira Hirschman 1901-1989 -- Jonas Salk 1914-1995 -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933- -- Judith Resnick 1949-1986 -- Steven Spielberg 1946- -- About this book -- Selected research sources -- Books for young readers -- Websites for young readers. |
| Abstract | Offers vignettes from the lives of thirteen Jewish Americans whose achievements, from the colonial period through the present, contributed to women's and worker's rights, medicine, science, fashion, photography, sport, and entertainment. |
| LCCN | 2003023011 |
| ISBN | 0688171508 |
| ISBN | 9780688171506 |
| ISBN | 0060593954 (lib. bdg.) |
| ISBN | 9780060593957 (lib. bdg.) |
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| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 920.009292 R1823I | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
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