Cahan, Abraham

New York. 1996. March 1996. Signet/New American Library. 1st Printing of This Signet Classic Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0451526244. Introduction by Gordon Hutner. 254 pages. paperback. CE2624. Cover: Jozef Israels-'A Jewish Wedding, 1903'. keywords: Signet Classic Paperback Literature America Jewish Immigrant. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Abraham Cahan, one of the first and foremost of Jewish-American writers, found the inspiration for his passionate, timeless short fiction in the tenements and sweatshops of New York City's Lower east Side at the turn of the twentieth century. Like the characters in these affectionate, bittersweet tales, Cahan came to America with nothing, seeking a Promised Land of opportunity and equality. Instead, the immigrants found a bitter life of grinding poverty, sixteen-hour workdays, and challenges to their Jewish faith and traditional way of life. In these moving stories, garment workers and potato peddlers, Talmudic scholars and trade unionists, landladies and young lovers all struggle to make their way in this bewildering, exhilarating New World. Cahan was the founder and lifelong editor of the influential Yiddish-language JEWISH DAILY FORWARD. With an Introduction by Gordon Hutner. This volume includes: THE IMPORTED BRIDEGROOM AND OTHER STORIES OF THE NEW YORK GHETTO (1898), and YEKL (1896), the novella on which the award-winning film HESTER STREET was based. inventory #32362 ISBN: 0451526244.