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OverviewOne of the most comprehensive studies ever done on a state’s Jewish community, A Corner of the Tapestry is the story—untold until now—of the Jews who helped to settle Arkansas and who stayed and flourished to become a significant part of the state’s history and culture. LeMaster has spent much of the past sixteen years compiling and writing this saga. Data for the book have been collected in part from the American Jewish Archives, American Jewish Historical Society, the stones in Arkansas’s Jewish cemeteries, more than fifteen hundred articles and obituaries from journals and newspapers, personal letters from hundreds of present and former Jewish Arkansans, congregational histories, census and court records, and some four hundred oral interviews conducted in a hundred cities and towns in Arkansas. This meticulous work chronicles the lives and genealogy of not only the highly visible and successful Jews who settled in Arkansas, but also those who comprised the warp and woof of society. It is a decidedly significant contribution to Arkansas history as well as to the wider study of Jews in the nation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carolyn LeMasterPublisher: University of Arkansas Press Imprint: University of Arkansas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.80cm , Length: 22.90cm ISBN: 9781682261903ISBN 10: 1682261905 Pages: 696 Publication Date: 30 July 1994 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews. . . with one possible exception, it is the largest history of a Jewish state community that has ever been written . . . [It] is a sourcebook of great value . . . the research is detailed; facts are voluminous enough to satisfy any historian. --Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, American Jewish Archives I find [the] work well crafted and extremely extraordinary in both its extensiveness and content . . . [it is] a work unlikely to be duplicated for generations to come. --Charles Elias Archivist, Temple B'nai Israel, Little Rock, Arkansas It is one of the most thoroughly researched manuscripts that I have ever read. In addition to filling a void in the state's history, it will also serve as an excellent model for regional history in the South. --Dr. C. Fred Williams, Department of History, University of Arkansas at Little Rock """. . . with one possible exception, it is the largest history of a Jewish state community that has ever been written . . . [It] is a sourcebook of great value . . . the research is detailed; facts are voluminous enough to satisfy any historian."" --Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, American Jewish Archives ""I find [the] work well crafted and extremely extraordinary in both its extensiveness and content . . . [it is] a work unlikely to be duplicated for generations to come."" --Charles Elias Archivist, Temple B'nai Israel, Little Rock, Arkansas ""It is one of the most thoroughly researched manuscripts that I have ever read. In addition to filling a void in the state's history, it will also serve as an excellent model for regional history in the South."" --Dr. C. Fred Williams, Department of History, University of Arkansas at Little Rock" Author InformationCarolyn Gray LeMaster (1927 - 2013) was the leading chronicler of Jewish life in Arkansas through her books, articles, and lectures. She was the author of The Ottenheimers of Arkansas. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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