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| Author | Hutchins Hapgood |
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| Publisher | Funk & Wagnalls |
Publication date | 1902 |
The Spirit of the Ghetto: Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York is a 1902 book by Hutchins Hapgood about the lives of Jews in New York City. Originally published by Funk & Wagnalls and illustrated by Jacob Epstein, Harvard's Belknap Press reissued the book in 1967.
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