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When General Grant Expelled The Jews (2012)

by Jonathan D. Sarna(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0805242791 (ISBN13: 9780805242799)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Schocken

review 1: Super interesting, fewer stars just because I'm not sure I think this story was history-changing. But I had no idea about any of this history. Evidently Grant expelled all the Jews from a certain chunk of his territory during the Civil War. He then seemed to spend the rest of his life repenting for that, so did a whole lot to combat prejudice against Jews in the US. I also really appreciated that every time the author compared the plight of the Jews to the plight of African-Americans, he included the caveat that African-Americans had it worse.
review 2: I was looking for the story of the 30 Jewish families that lived in Paducah who were uprooted by Grant's order. I thinnk Lincoln's reversal permitted them to return -- but Sarna devotes no time at all to that s... moretory. he is interested in the political implications for Grant and for the larger Jewish community in the US -- but does not follow through on the people who were most directly effected. I think I will not continue reading. less

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