Avraham Shapiro [ Shapira ](Sheikh Ibrahim Micha)(Mikhah))[1870-1965] [two volume set]

Edelstein, Yehuda

Verlag: Yedidim, Tel Aviv, Eretz Israel, 1939

Beschreibung

In Hebrew. Volume 1: page 1 to 240. Volume 2: 241 to 544. 23 x 16 cm. With many black and white photographs. Front free endpaper has a 1939 Hebrew inscriptionm "To the Drori Family! Please accept our gift on your son Moshe's Bar Mitzva. From the Reznik Family." The Drori family then stamped the two volumes with the family's library stamp. Volume 1 has the binder's label: This book was bound at the Yosef Berger Bindery, 29 Rokakh Street, Tel Aviv." Avraham Shapio was born in Russia, emigrated to Eretz Israel (then part of the Ottoman Empire) in 1880 and engaged in agriculture in addition to serving as a watchman for the Petah Tikva settlement. He served as bodyguard to Baron Edmond de Rothschild during his visits to Palestine and to Viscount Herbert Samuel, the first High Commissioner of Palestine under the British Mandate. Shapiro's bravery became legendary throughout the Mideast and his reputation brought fear to Arab criminals who preyed on Jews. Shapiro often acted successfully as an arbitrator in local disputes between Jews and Arabs. He was honorary chairman of the Israel Watchmen?s Organization. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 012963

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Avraham Shapiro [ Shapira ](Sheikh Ibrahim ...

Verlag: Yedidim, Tel Aviv, Eretz Israel

Erscheinungsdatum: 1939

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket