A Biography of Abraham Cahan (1860-1951)
FAIN: FA-11870-77
Moses Rischin
Judah L. Magnes Museum (Berkeley, CA 94705-2333)
To write a biography of Abraham Cahan (1860-1951), a newspaper editor and cultural figure. He sustained an active intimacy with three decisively 20th century world civilizations-the American, the Russian, and the Yiddish-Jewish. Cahan personifies the dynamic relationship between immigration and the American experience.