The Harness Maker's Dream: Nathan Kallison and the Rise of South Texas

by Nick Kotz

Book Overview

Both historical study and ancestral narrative, The Harness Maker's Dream follows the story of Ukrainian immigrant Nathan Kallison's journey to the United States in search of a brighter future. At the turn of the twentieth century, over two million Jews emigrated from Czarist Russia and Eastern Europe to escape anti-Semitic law. Seventeen-year-old Kallison and his brothers were among those brave enough to escape persecution and pursue a life of freedom...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087565567X
• ISBN13: 9780875655673
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"