The Harness Maker's Dream : Nathan Kallison and the Rise of South Texas /

Both historical study and ancestral narrative, The Harness Maker's Dream follows the story of Ukrainian immigrant Nathan Kallison's journey to the United States in search of a brighter future. At the turn of the twentieth century, over two million Jews emigrated from Czarist Russia and Eas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kotz, Nick
Corporate Author: Center for Texas Studies at TCU
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kallison, Nathan, > 1873-1944.
Kallison family.
Ranchers.
Jews, Russian.
Businessmen.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Juifs russes > Texas > San Antonio > Biographies.
Hommes d'affaires > Texas > San Antonio > Biographies.
Jews, Russian > Texas > San Antonio > Biography.
Ranchers > Texas > Bexar County > Biography.
Businessmen > Texas > San Antonio > Biography.
Texas > San Antonio.
Texas > Bexar County.
San Antonio (Tex.) > Biography.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • To freedom
  • Chicago
  • Deep in the heart
  • The land
  • Tradition!
  • War, peace, and prosperity
  • The Great Depression
  • The old trader
  • World War II: the Texas home front
  • The best years
  • The brothers Kallison
  • All in the family
  • No business for sissies
  • Changing times
  • Epilogue.

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