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Ascoli, Peter M. Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck And Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South (Signed Copy)
Bloomington, IN Indiana University 2006 0-253-34741-6 / 9780253347411 Third Printing Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Illustrated by 59
SIGNED and inscribed by Ascoli on the half-title page. Peter Ascoli is the grandson of Julius Rosenberg. Also laid into the book is the business card of Alice Rosenberg, well-known philanthropist and granddaughter of Rosenberg. The card is inscribed to the same recipients as the book's inscription. Most people today have never heard of Julius Rosenwald. 'JR,' as he was known to his friends, was largely responsible for fashioning Sears, Roebuck into the greatest mail-order firm in the world. He also founded Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry. And some in the American South still remember Rosenwald for helping to build the more than 5,300 schools that once bore his name. The charitable fund he created during the First World War went out of existence in 1948 at his expressed wish, leaving no living memorial to his work. This biography brings to life a portrait of Julius Rosenwald & his work.
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Baldwin, James Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
New York Dial Press 1968 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
An attractive copy of this novel by one of the most influential writers of the Civil Rights era. Just a hint of yellowing to the dust jacket. Laid in is a bookmark from the Rochester (NY) Public Library commemorating the Rochester Literary Award to James Baldwin (Distinguished Author) on Wednesday, November 19, 1986.
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Wills, Gary The Second Civil War: Arming for Armageddon
New York NAL 1968 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket
The author's first solo, book-length journalistic work, an examination of race relations in the U.S. and the potential for an escalation of racial violence following the urban riots of 1967. Sharp copy.
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