Touched by Fire

Name: Touched by Fire
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ISBN: 9781770495241

ISBN-10: 177049524X

ISBN-13: 9781770495241

Edition: 2013

Authors: Irene N. Watts

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Let them burn. They're a lot of cattle anyway."A factory-owner's response regarding the use of fire drills in March 1911. Touched by Fire, Irene N. Watt's exquisite new novel, explores one family's journey as they flee from the pogroms of Russia in 1905, where the Cossacks burn villages to the ground, to Berlin, Germany, where Jews have a hard time living and working in peace, to the streets of the Lower East Side in New York. Teenage Miriam gives a first-hand account of the excitement everyone feels about going to America, the "Golden Land," the journey in steerage, the arrival at Ellis Island, and the discrimination the immigrants feel while seeking employment. When Miriam finally…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Tundra Book Group
Publication date: 9/10/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.43" wide x 7.52" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English