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Come with Me to Babylon

Name: Come with Me to Babylon
Author: Paul M. Levitt
ISBN: 9780826341792

by Paul M. Levitt

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Overview

In 1910 the Cohen family, in search of the Golden Medina, undertakes a dangerous journey from Russia to the United States, where the new world exposes family secrets, cultural conflicts, the corruption of the American Dream, and love's divides.

Traveling in steerage to Ellis Island, the family endures the poverty and dirt of New York City and retreats to a farm in southern New Jersey--to find not the agricultural Eden they were promised, but Babylon. Told in several voices, this tale bears witness to a new generation learning to find hope in a land that often sacrifices human decency for profit and greed.

Synopsis

The saga of an early twentieth-century Russian Jewish family and how they learn to find hope amidst many disappointments in America.

About the Author, Paul M. Levitt

Paul M. Levitt teaches in the department of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also the author of Chin Music: A Novel of the Jazz Age and numerous books for younger readers and scholars.