The New Land

About this eBook

Author

Levinger, Elma Ehrlich, 1887-

Title

The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country

Credits

E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Jeannie Howse, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Jews -- America

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22915

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22915

Release Date

October 8, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE NEW LAND — STORIES OF JEWS WHO HAD A PART IN THE MAKING OF OUR COUNTRY — By
2. 2.ELMA EHRLICH LEVINGER — TO Grandmother and Grandfather Levinger THESE "STORIES THAT REALLY HAPPENED" ARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED — A LETTER TO MY READERS. — CONTENTS.
3. 3.THE NEW LAND — IN THE NIGHT WATCHES — The Three Who Came With Columbus. — WHEN KATRINA LOST HER WAY ToC — A Tale of the First Jewish Settlers of New Amsterdam. — A PLACE OF REFUGE ToC — How the Wanderer Came to Rhode Island. — "DOWN WITH KING GEORGE!" ToC — How Isaac Franks, of the American Army, first heard the Declaration of Independence. — THE LAST SERVICE ToC — The Story of a Rabbi Who Lived in New York When it Was Captured by the British in 1776. — THE GENEROUS GIVER ToC — The Story of a Jewish Money Lender of the Revolution. — ACROSS THE WATERS ToC — A Story of the City of Refuge Planned by Mordecai Noah. — THREE AT GRACE ToC — The Story of the First Jewish Settler in Alabama. — THE LUCKY STONE ToC — The Adventures of Uriah P. Levy, the First Naval Officer of his Day. — THE PRINCESS OF PHILADELPHIA ToC — The Story of Rebecca Gratz and Washington Irving. — A PRESENT FOR MR. LINCOLN ToC — How President Lincoln Set Out for Washington and How He Returned. — THE LAND COLUMBUS FOUND ToC — The Story of the Tablet Placed Upon the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

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