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The Jews of Key West : smugglers, cigar makers, and revolutionaries (1823-1969) / Arlo Haskell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haskell, Arlo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Florida--Key West--Biography.
- Jews.
- Jewish businesspeople--Florida--Key West.
- Jewish businesspeople.
- Revolutionaries--Florida--Key West.
- Revolutionaries.
- Florida--Key West.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Key West, Florida : Sand Paper Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- 1 Sailors & Merchants: 1823-1862 8
- 2 Jewish Cigar City: 1867-1886 26
- 3 Peddlers & Shopkeepers: 1886-1893 40
- 4 Jewish Revolutionaries: 1892-1898 62
- 5 A Flourishing Jewish Community: 1900-1919 86
- "This is the best way to send this people to Key West": The Industrial Removal Office and the Duval Street Shtetl 91
- Seekers of Peace, Lovers of Zion: South Florida's First Synagogue and Key West's Rabbis in Cuba 106
- "Wine to Make the Heart Glad": Jewish Saloons and Poolrooms before Prohibition 117
- 6 Smugglers & Aliens: 1918-1939 128
- 7 Renaissance: 1939-1969 156.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780984331277
- 0984331271
- OCLC:
- 1002129424
- Publisher Number:
- 99975437273
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