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Living Lens
Alana . Ed(S): Newhouse
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Description for Living Lens
Paperback. "A feast for the eyes..bringing alive a long vanished world that's still eerily present."--Daniel Czitrom, New York Post Editor(s): Newhouse, Alana. Num Pages: 352 pages, 531 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: AJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1710.
The premiere national Jewish newspaper has opened its never-before-seen archives, revealing a photographic landscape of Jews in the twentieth century and beyond. This extraordinary volume features classic photographs of the history one has learned to associate with the Jewish Daily Forward--Lower East Side pushcarts, Yiddish theater, labor rallies--along with gems no one would expect. The book also features essays by Leon Wieseltier, Roger Kahn, and Deborah Lipstadt, and a rousing introduction by Pete Hamill.
The premiere national Jewish newspaper has opened its never-before-seen archives, revealing a photographic landscape of Jews in the twentieth century and beyond. This extraordinary volume features classic photographs of the history one has learned to associate with the Jewish Daily Forward--Lower East Side pushcarts, Yiddish theater, labor rallies--along with gems no one would expect. The book also features essays by Leon Wieseltier, Roger Kahn, and Deborah Lipstadt, and a rousing introduction by Pete Hamill.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393333916
SKU
V9780393333916
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Ref
99-15
About Alana . Ed(S): Newhouse
Alana Newhouse is the Arts & Culture editor at the Forward. She lives in New York City. Pete Hamill (1935–2020) was a legendary reporter and columnist for the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and other publications.
Reviews for Living Lens
"...the scope of the Forward is extraordinary and its raw material-20th century Jewish life-a source for hundreds of provocative, devastating, illuminating, inspiring and heartwarming images." Photoicon "Not only an amazing book, but an invaluable artifact, and a work of art." Jonathan Safran Foer"