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The feather merchants & other tales of the fools of Chelm / by Steve Sanfield ; illustrated by Mikhail Magaril.
LIBRA PZ8.1.S242 Fe 1991
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanfield, Steve.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish legends.
- Jews--Folklore.
- Folklore--Europe, Eastern.
- Chelm (Lublin, Poland)--Folklore.
- Genre:
- Children's nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- 102 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Feather merchants and other tales of the fools of Chelm.
- Feather merchants.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Orchard Books, [1991]
- Summary:
- Thirteen traditional Eastern European Jewish tales of the town of Chelm and its silly citizens.
- Contents:
- A beginning
- The shul
- The rabbi
- Oyzar the scholar
- The mikva
- Pinkhes the peddler
- Yossel and Sossel
- Berish the shammes
- A celebration
- The Inn of the Stolen Moon
- Elders and riddlers
- The feather merchants
- The council of seven sages.
- Notes:
- "A Richard Jackson book"--Half title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-102).
- ISBN:
- 0531059588
- 9780531059586
- 0531085589
- 9780531085585
- OCLC:
- 23082661
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