The King of Chicago
The Incredible True Story of a Jewish Orphan's Rise from Despair to Triumph in 1920s Chicago
The King of Chicago is the story of a father-son relationship as real and hugely loving as that in Philip Roth's Patrimony. At its heart is a young son who tries furiously to heal his father from a violent childhood inside a Chicago orphanage. The orphanage, the Marks Nathan Home, still stands today on the West Side of Chicago, marked by a tarnished, barely legible plaque. Once home to 14,000 Jewish orphans, it is now just another barely remembered relic of a great city. Using original articles from the orphanage newspaper, Friedman attempts to reconstruct and understand his father's childhood, a time that his father never discussed.Expanding…
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- ISBN: 978-1-63144-069-4
- EAN: 9781631440694
- Produktnummer: 31906718
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 184 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'845 KB
- Auflage: Proprietary
- Abbildungen: 15 B&W photos
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Dan Friedman was born in Chicago, graduated from Oxford University, and taught writing at the University of Virginia. He founded Albemarle Magazine, was founding editor of La Belle France, and is author of a travel memoir, My Mother's Side. His writing has been praised by the New York Times, Gourmet, and Money. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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