At the Edge of a Dream: The Story of Jewish Immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, 1880-1920

by Lawrence J. Epstein

This beautiful book tells the nostalgic tale of how millions of Jewish immigrants entered America through the portal of the Lower East Side. There in New York City they struggled and ultimately flourished in a neighborhood that was the center of Jewish work, family, and culture. For more than fifty years, the Lower East Side spawned newly-mined Americans, including entertainment icons like George Burns and Ira Gershwin, gangsters like Meyer Lansky,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787986224
• ISBN13: 9780787986223
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.3"