Sasha and Emma

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Sasha and Emma
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First edition
Author Paul and Karen Avrich
SubjectBiography, anarchism, 19th and 20th century history
PublishedNovember 2012 (Belknap Press)
Pages528
ISBN 9780674065987

Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman is a 2012 history book about Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. The book was co-authored by the father-daughter pair Paul and Karen Avrich, and posthumously published after Paul's death. It was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice for 2012. [1]

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