The Price of Gelt
A Multi-Generational Jewish American Historical Saga
In 1895, on the crowded streets of New York's Lower East Side, three immigrant brothers learn that America offers both opportunity and exclusion. A job disappears when a surname is spoken aloud. A factory door is locked. Survival will require more than hope.
Three Brothers. Three Philosophies. One Country in Transition.
Samuel believes justice must be fought for in the factories and on the picket lines. Isaac trusts numbers, contracts, and calculated risk. Benjamin is determined to build wealth strong enough to outlast prejudice. As the new century unfolds, their competing visions of success shape not only their futures, but the future of their family.
From New York to Minneapolis to Los Angeles
Spanning the years 1895 to 1926, this sweeping historical novel follows the immigrant journey westward through the rise of American industry, labor unrest, expanding cities, and the birth of modern finance. Electric lights replace gas lamps. Railroads expand. Fortunes are built. But acceptance remains uncertain.
Success Has a Price
In boardrooms and union halls, in synagogues and country clubs, loyalty and identity are tested. As prosperity grows, so do the compromises required to maintain it. What must be sacrificed to belong? What does it cost to be accepted in a country still deciding who qualifies as American
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