Pioneers: The First Breach

by S. Ansky

Book Overview

When young Zalmen Itzkowitz steps off the train on a dark, dreary day at the close of the nineteenth century, the residents of Miloslavka have no idea what's in store for them. Zalmen is a freethinker who has come to the rural town to earn his living as a tutor. Yet, rather than teach Hebrew, he plans to teach his students the Russian language and other secular subjects. Residents of the town quickly become divided, with some regarding Itzkowitz as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081561084X
• ISBN13: 9780815610847
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Syracuse University Publications in Continuin
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"