The Temple Bombing - Softcover

Greene, Melissa Fay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449908097 ISBN 13: 9780449908099

Verlag: Fawcett Books, 1997

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A story of the civil rights era discusses the 1958 bombing of the Temple, Atlanta's oldest and wealthiest synagogue, and how the tragedy affected the Civil Rights Movement. By the author of Praying for Sheetrock. Reprint.

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TRUE STORY OF A BRUTAL ACT OF HATE

"At 3:37 in the morning of Sunday, Oct. 12, 1958, a bundle of dynamite blew out the side wall of the Temple, Atlanta's oldest and richest synagogue. The devastation to the building was vast--but even greater were the changes those 50 sticks of dynamite made to Atlanta, the South and, ultimately, all of the United States. . . . The synagogue's rabbi, Jacob Rothschild, had been preaching civil rights to his congregation for years. If the bombers thought the dynamite could silence Rothschild, they were sadly misinformed. . . . "

"GREENE SKILLFULLY WEAVES THE TEMPLE BOMBING INTO THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. . . . A profound social context for her compelling portrait of its hero, Rabbi Rothschild."
--The Philadelphia Inquirer

"THIS BOOK IS ILLUMINATING AS IT IS SHOCKING. . . . The emotional power of the narrative is heightened by the author's gifts as a storyteller. . . . She h

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Fawcett Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0449908097
• ISBN 13: 9780449908099
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512
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