Editor for Justice: The Life of Louis I. Jaffé

by Alexander S. Leidholdt

Book Overview

From his assumption of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot's editorial helm in 1919 until his death in 1950, Louis Isaac Jaff served as one of the South's leading and most respected liberal journalists. Prejudice he faced as a Jew created in him an abiding empathy with the downtrodden, and his World War I military service and subsequent Red Cross work deepened his sensitivity to injustice. Alexander Leidholdt's new biography maps the battlefield of intolerance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807127515
• ISBN13: 9780807127513
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 507 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"