Oleander Odyssey: The Kempners of Galveston, Texas, 1854-1980s

by Harold Melvin Hyman

Book Overview

When Harris Kempner arrived at Ellis Island in 1854, he was an uneducated immigrant teenager escaping anti-Semitism and conscription into the czar's army. When he died forty years later, he was a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890964386
• ISBN13: 9780890964385
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"