Utvidet returrett til 31. januar 2025

...Old, and Full of Days

Om ...Old, and Full of Days

The turbulent first half of the 20th Century finds the Chernov family coming to terms with the secrets revealed, as well as the responses to those secrets.  New York, Vienna, Berlin, Geneva, and Jerusalem, between the years 1904 through 1948, are the locations and dates that are the stage upon which the three generations of this family saga play out their roles.  As they become embroiled in the Labor Movement, The Jazz Age, Prohibition, The Stock Market Crash, The Depression, The Holocaust, World War II, and the founding of Israel, their tempestuous stories unfold.  Their world is inhabited by anarchists, anti-Semites, gangsters, hostile governments both in America and abroad, as they encounter and reveal outrageous economic and political duplicities.  Amid these, they find themselves choosing dangerous involvements that reveal their heroic natures at their core.  Readers will find Old and Full of Days challenging, and thought provoking as they encounter actual historical events not generally known to the public or long forgotten.

Vis mer
  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781962730716
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 412
  • Utgitt:
  • 8. desember 2023
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 140x23x216 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 522 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 19. desember 2024

Beskrivelse av ...Old, and Full of Days

The turbulent first half of the 20th Century finds the Chernov family coming to terms with the secrets revealed, as well as the responses to those secrets.  New York, Vienna, Berlin, Geneva, and Jerusalem, between the years 1904 through 1948, are the locations and dates that are the stage upon which the three generations of this family saga play out their roles.  As they become embroiled in the Labor Movement, The Jazz Age, Prohibition, The Stock Market Crash, The Depression, The Holocaust, World War II, and the founding of Israel, their tempestuous stories unfold.  Their world is inhabited by anarchists, anti-Semites, gangsters, hostile governments both in America and abroad, as they encounter and reveal outrageous economic and political duplicities.  Amid these, they find themselves choosing dangerous involvements that reveal their heroic natures at their core.  Readers will find Old and Full of Days challenging, and thought provoking as they encounter actual historical events not generally known to the public or long forgotten.

Brukervurderinger av ...Old, and Full of Days



Gjør som tusenvis av andre bokelskere

Abonner på vårt nyhetsbrev og få rabatter og inspirasjon til din neste leseopplevelse.