A boy of Old Prague / S. Ish-Kishor ; drawings by Ben Shahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ish-Kishor, Sulamith.

Contributor:

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969.

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Library of Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's stories.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth (donor) (Libra copy)

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages. 90 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Pantheon Books, [1963]

Summary:

Ignorant, superstitious, devout, and fearful, the peasant boy Tomaś is sent to be a bond servant to a Jewish family living in 16th century Prague. Slowly Tomaś learns to overcome his prejudices, only to be confronted by grim reality when mass hatred is directed against the Jewish community.

Notes:

"The endpapers of this book are reproduced from a sixteenth century map of the city of Prague."

Designed by Atha Tehon.

National Jewish Book Awards - Children's Literature, Winner, 1964

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Presented to the Penn Libraries by the Board of Governors of Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth.

OCLC:

300768