The family : three journeys into the heart of the twentieth century /

Traces the history of the 20th century through the story of an extraordinary Jewish family, recounting how the author's 19th-century ancestors were separated by period upheavals in western Russia and went on to become the founders of the Maidenform Bra Company, pioneers in the contentious birth...

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Author / Creator: Laskin, David, 1953-
Other Corporate Authors / Creators:Beren Family Jewish Studies Library Fund (Wellesley College Library)
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: New York : Viking, 2013.
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Local Note:Gift of the Beren Family Jewish Studies Library Fund.
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