Little Did I Know: Recollections and Reflections
by Maurice Samuel
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Temple X-iib/No DJ
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Mulvane, Kansas, United States
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2 small Temple stamps on front and back. on boards, and/or LEP's, Private Temple Name Plate FLEP, else contents appear as unread & unblemished with like brown cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear.
Maurice Samuel (1895-1972) was an American Jewish novelist of Romanian birth. Maurice Samuel is the greatest Jewish writer that you've never heard of. I only know him because of the circulation of an anti-Zionist meme on Facebook that features his infamous quote, "We Jews are the Destroyers." This is a quote from his book You Gentiles, which I have yet to read, but will do so in due time. Little Did I Know was written years later, by a mature Samuel looking back on his life. By this time he has renounced his earlier Socialism, but interestingly says nothing about You Gentiles; neither whether he stands by his earlier statement or repudiates it. Little Did I Know is remarkable not for its overt descriptions of Jewish philosophy (there is very little of this), but for the recollection of a remarkable Jewish life, spanning residence in at least 5 countries (that is all I counted at any rate), and the rubbing of elbows with an astonishing array of characters both known and unknown to history. As a science geek, I couldn't help but be impressed that the latter included Ernest Rutherford, discoverer of the proton, and a professor under whom Maurice Samuel studied physics!
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- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4210-111720
- Title
- Little Did I Know: Recollections and Reflections
- Author
- Maurice Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Temple X-iib/No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed, 1st Prtg
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 326 Rough Cut Pages
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Memoirs Bio
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