Benjamin Feigenbaum. Vashington: A Beshraybung fun…Dzshordzsh Vashington, der Ershter Prezident in Amerika [“Washington: A Description of the First President.”]

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(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Benjamin Feigenbaum. Vashington: A Beshraybung fun…Dzshordzsh Vashington, der Ershter Prezident in Amerika [“Washington: A Description of the First President.”]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> pp. 91 (5). Browned and worn, pencil markings. Loose in original boards with printed paper label on upper cover, stained and rubbed. 8vo. Worldcat records only a single copy.

New York: Hebrew Publishing Co. (1907)

Est: $300 - $500

A Yiddish language account of the life of the first President of the United States, written by Benjamin Feigenbaum (1860-1932), noted firebrand Socialist. Born in Poland, Feigenbaum came to America in 1891 and was one of the founders of the Workmen’s Circle and the Jewish Daily Forward; in 1903 became editor of the “Zukunft.”