The Jews in America /
David Cohen, editor & project director, Mark Rykoff, managing editor, Jennifer Erwitt, general manager, J. Curtis Sanburn, chief writer, introduction by Chaim Potok.
- San Francisco : Collins Publishers, 1989.
- 223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 37 cm.
The Pocahontas legend -- Puritan wrath and Indian captivities -- The Indian comes into his own -- Fiction discovers the native -- Fate frowns upon miscegenation -- In Paulding's humorous vein -- The natives through the eyes of an optimist -- The Indian drama -- James Fenimore Cooper -- Stark realism on Kentucky's dark and bloody ground -- Simms' romantic naturalism -- A promise unfulfilled and a melancholy fate -- The Atotarho of the Iroquois -- Hiawatha-the dawn of culture -- Thoreau-friend of the native -- The romance of Joaquin Miller -- The mission Indians as viewed by a woman -- Tragedy stalks among the cliff dwellers -- The struggle for the bison pastures of the plains -- Travelling the white man's road.
This photo collection captures the essence of the Jewish experience in America--reviewing traditions, beliefs, and achievements. 197 photographs.