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Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story

Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:MM SilverPublish date:2010-08-18Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wayne State University PressISBN-13:9780814334430ISBN-10:814334431UPC:9780814334430Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Jewish, AmericanSize:9.76 x 6.56 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCRFWTWCQR

Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story

Examines the phenomenon of Exodus and its influence on post-World War II understandings of Israel's beginnings.

Despite the dramatic circumstances of its founding, Israel did not inspire sustained, impassioned public discussion among Jews and non-Jews in the United States until Leon Uris's popular novel Exodus was released in 1958. Uris's novel popularized the complicated story of Israel'...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Wayne State University PressISBN-13:9780814334430ISBN-10:814334431UPC:9780814334430Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Jewish, AmericanSize:9.76 x 6.56 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCRFWTWCQR

M. M. Silver heads the general studies department at the Max Stern College of Emek Yezreel. His English and Hebrew publications on topics in Modern Jewish History include First Contact: Origins of the American-Israeli Connection. He has worked as a visiting scholar in several U.S. universities and lives with his family in the Galilee.


Publisher: Wayne State University Press

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