Buy this book on-line Evans, Eli N : THE PROVINCIALS: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF JEWS IN THE SOUTHNew York : Atheneum., 1973.
Large 8vo; 369 pages; Includes 9-page index. First edition. Evans "tells of his grandparents' debate to leave Lithuania for America, the first few years in the Baltimore slums, and their decision to gamble on the South. He writes about the family store, and describes his boyhood in Durham, in the North Carolina tobacco belt, where his father was mayor from 1950 to 1962 during the stormiest years of the Civil Rights era. " Also a history of earlier German & Sephardic Jewish communities in the South & the role of Southern Jews in the Civil War & Reconstruction. Ex library, good+ condition. (AMR-25-11) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Evans, Eli N : THE PROVINCIALS: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF JEWS IN THE SOUTH. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, incunabula, atlases, rare books and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |