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An orphan in history : one man's triumphant search for his roots
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An orphan in history : one man's triumphant search for his roots

by Paul Cowan, Rachel Cowan

This memoir documents an American's search for his Jewish roots following a secular upbringing in New York. The narrative traces his family history from nineteenth-century Lithuania to the United States as he reclaims his ancestral heritage and religious identity.

Accession 18710 ISBN 0385411278 Publisher Anchor Books (Publisher)
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