My Suburban Shtetl: A Novel about Life in a Twentieth-Century Jewish-American Village

by Robert Rand

Book Overview

Grandpa's been arrested for hitting a Nazi with a salami So begins Robert Rand's novel of growing up in Skokie, Illinois, home to one of America's largest communities of Holocaust survivors and to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815607210
• ISBN13: 9780815607212
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Skokie, IL The Best Place To Grow Up

I was thrilled when I found out about this book. Not only was it about my hometown but it was also about being a Jew. Having been a Jew in Skokie during the 60's, 70, & 80'sI was sheltered from the world around me until the Nazi's decided to march in 1977. This book covers not only the nazi's, but the community of Holocaust survivors as well as a mini history of the suburb.I thought I was the only one who thought Aunt Jemima was the real deal. An excellent read all around.