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The lemon tree : an Arab, a Jew, and the heart of the Middle East / Sandy Tolan.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tolan, Sandy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palestinian Arabs--Biography.
- Palestinian Arabs.
- Israelis--Biography.
- Israelis.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 362 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.
- Summary:
- Based on a 43-minute radio documentary that Tolan produced for "Fresh Air," this volume pursues the story into the homes and histories of the two families at its center through the present day. Their stories form a personal microcosm of the last 70 years of Israeli-Palestinian history.
- Contents:
- First words
- Author's note
- A note on spelling and pronunciation
- Bell
- House
- Rescue
- Expulsion
- Emigration
- Refuge
- Arrival
- War
- Encounter
- Explosion
- Deportation
- Hope
- Homeland
- The lemon tree
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Source notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-282) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 1582343438
- OCLC:
- 62110003
- Publisher Number:
- 9781582343433
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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