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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/creatorVan Wright, Cornelius illustrator.
Other author/creatorHu, Ying-Hwa illustrator.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication Info[New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers, [©2005]
Description31 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Subject(s)
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
ISBN0688171508
ISBN9780688171506
ISBN0060593954 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN9780060593957 (lib. bdg.)

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