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A historical novel touching on prejudice, assimilation, and anti-Semitism, this sweeping saga takes us from New York in the eighteenth century to Vienna before World War I, and finally to America during the depression and World War II.

One of Will Eisner's most autobiographical stories is brought back into print in this new edition that examines how the anti-Semitism a youth experiences in the America of the 1920s and '30s shapes his personality and his life. This touching family story is told in flashbacks... Read Full Overview

One of Will Eisner's most autobiographical stories is brought back into print in this new edition that examines how the anti-Semitism a youth experiences in the America of the 1920s and '30s shapes his personality and his life. This touching family story is told in flashbacks... Read Full Overview