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The Book of Khalid : A Critical Edition / Ameen Rihani ; edited and with an introduction by Todd Fine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Immigrants.
- Arab Americans--Fiction.
- Arab Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (544 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- First published in 1911, Ameen Rihani's Book of Khalid is widely considered the first Arab American novel.The semi autobiographical work chronicles the adventures of two young men, Khalid and Shakib, who leave Lebanon for the United States to find work as peddlers in Lower Manhattan.
- Contents:
- c2; Fine Final; bc2
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1911.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780815653325
- 0815653328
- OCLC:
- 949276253
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