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Better take my advice, sir. The road ahead is thick with the Patchies. "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go? I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona. Surely

Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.

A colorful account of the transformation of one of Europe's foremost Jewish cities, told through the stories of its geniuses and villains.