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The Butcher's Tale
Helmut Walser Smith
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Description for The Butcher's Tale
Paperback. One of the most dramatic explorations of a German town in the grip of anti-Semitic passion ever written. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
In 1900, in a small Prussian town, a young boy was found murdered, his body dismembered, the blood drained from his limbs. The Christians of the town quickly rose up in violent riots to accuse the Jews of ritual murder—the infamous blood-libel charge that has haunted Jews for centuries. In an absorbing narrative, Helmut Walser Smith reconstructs the murder and the ensuing storm of anti-Semitism that engulfed this otherwise peaceful town. Offering an instructive examination of hatred, bigotry, and mass hysteria, The Butcher's Tale is a modern parable that will be a classic for years to come.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393325058
SKU
V9780393325058
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About Helmut Walser Smith
Helmut Walser Smith is the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the author of the acclaimed The Butcher’s Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Reviews for The Butcher's Tale
"[A] pioneering study, at once tightly focused and broadly conceived…This is a lucid exemplar of social and cultural history at its best."
Peter Gay "Smith brilliantly pursues the many clues in the case, tracing the transformation of lies, gossip, spurious facts, and the reporting of the anti-Semitic press into conviction."
Barbara Fisher - Boston Globe "As absorbing as ... Read more
Peter Gay "Smith brilliantly pursues the many clues in the case, tracing the transformation of lies, gossip, spurious facts, and the reporting of the anti-Semitic press into conviction."
Barbara Fisher - Boston Globe "As absorbing as ... Read more