THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DAVID LELEWER: Edited & Annotated by Nancy Lelewer

By David Lelewer

Praise from ProfessionalsThe Autobiography of David Lelewer is the life story of a self-educated, highlyliterate, financially struggling, first-generation German Jewish furrier and hatter whoimmigrated to America in 1861. He had opinions on everyone and everything and hisimpressions of this country in the latter half of the nineteenth century are fascinating.ALAN TRUSTMAN, Screenwriter, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullet,and They Call Me Mr. TibbsDavid Lelewer was a well-read man, but it was a novel by a forty-year-old womannamed Harriet Beecher Stowe that made the greatest impression on him. In 1855 at theage of twelve, six years before he immigrated to the United States, David Lelewer readUncle Tom's Cabin and was horrified by the thought that a family could be split apartnever to see each other again, that men, women, and children could be bought and sold likefurniture. Family was sacred to this man who, raised in great poverty, made it his duty tohonor his father and mother and to care for his sister and stepbrother. Family, he believed,was the backbone of life. David's great-granddaughter Nancy honors his memory withthe publication of this captivating autobiography.MEREDITH ANN RUTTER, author and former publisherThe Autobiography of David Lelewer is a history of nineteenth-century Americathrough the eyes of a young immigrant. The struggles and the ups and downs of fortuneare brought vividly to life in this account. Whether times were good or bad, what shinesthrough this book is a man whose ultimate success in business never made him hard norblinded him to the humane values of his tradition. This is a heartwarming life story of areal mensch with wonderful words of wisdom to his children, to whom the book was firstaddressed.PETER BILD, formerly with the BBC, currently correspondent for CBS and freelance writer

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492802808
• ISBN13: 9781492802808
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 572 Pages
• Weight: 2.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.4" x 6.0"