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Commodore Levy: A Novel of Early America in the Age of Sail (Modern Jewish History)
Commodore Levy A Novel of Early America in the Age of Sail - Modern Jewish History
Author: Irving Litvag
An American "Dreyfus Affair" —   — By all accounts, Uriah Phillips Levy, the first Jewish commodore in the U.S. Navy, was both a principled and pugnacious man. On his way to becoming a flag officer, he was subjected to six courts-martial and engaged in a duel, all in response to antisemitic taunts and harassment from his fellow officers. Yet he ne...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780896728813
ISBN-10: 0896728811
Publication Date: 6/15/2014
Pages: 672
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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