The following announcement from Ava F. Kahn, the editor of the relatively new book described below may still be of interest especially to those not aware of its publication:
> -------------------------------- > New Publication: > > Jewish Voices of the California Goldrush A Documentary History, 1849-1880 > Edited by Ava Fran Kahn > Wayne State University Press, 2002 > > From: Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California > "I cannot praise this exhaustively researched, elegantly designed, and > amply annotated narrative anthology highly enough. This anthology will > represent a major contribution to the history of the California Gold Rush > as well as the history of Jews in the United States." > > >From the Publisher: > In 1848, news of the California Gold Rush swept the nation and the > world. Aspiring miners, merchants, and entrepreneurs from all corners of > the globe flooded California looking for gold. _Jewish Voices of the > California Gold Rush_ examines the life of California's Jewish community > through letters, diaries, memoirs, court and news reports, and photographs, > as well as institutional, synagogue, and organizational records. By > gathering a wealth of primary source materials-both public and private > documents-and placing them in proper historical context, Ava F. Kahn > re-creates the lives within California's Jewish community. Kahn takes the > reader from Europe to California, from the gold fields to the developing > towns and their religious and business communities, and from the founding > of Jewish communities to their maturing years-most notably the instant city > of San Francisco. > > For more information see: > http://wsupress.wayne.edu/judaica/history/kahnjvcg.htm > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > < > Elliot H. Gertel 111-C Hatcher Graduate Library North < > Irving M. Hermelin Curator of Judaica Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1205 < > The University of Michigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > University Library Area Programs 734-936-2367 (phone) < > Near East Division 734-763-6743 (fax) < > http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/judaica.html < > http://www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/egertel.html < > < >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
