A Garment Worker's Legacy The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry |
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| Author:
| Sigal, Goldie |
| Series title: | Fontanus Monograph Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7735-1457-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Joe Fishstein, a garment worker in the Bronx, New York, amassed an extraordinary collection of some 2300 Yiddish books, mostly poetry, from many different countries. A Garment Worker's Legacy is a romanized catalogue of the collection, which is housed in the rare books department of the McLennan Library at McGill University.
Joe Fishstein, a garment worker in the Bronx, New York, amassed an extraordinary collection of some 2300 Yiddish books, mostly poetry, from many different countries. A Garment Worker's Legacy is a romanized catalogue of the collection, which is housed in the rare books department of the McLennan Library at McGill University.