Wichita's Lebanese Heritage

by Matthew Namee, Victoria Foth Sherry, Jay M. Price, et al.

Book Overview

Wichita, a city of entrepreneurs, offered an ideal home for Middle Eastern Christians who started arriving in the 1890s. Initially identifying themselves as Syrians, they operated as peddlers across southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Peddling rapidly gave way to wholesale, grocery, and dry goods companies. Patriarchs such as N. F. Farha and E. G. Stevens established themselves in local business and civic circles. Primarily Eastern Orthodox, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738577170
• ISBN13: 9780738577173
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"