Der Amerikaner Sitizin

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

$2,250

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

Jacob Saperstein

Place

New York

Publication

c.1895

Description

Yiddish text

references

Unlisted by Singerman

summary

Printed in the cheapest possible way, this work contains in a densely printed question and answer format, a series of constitutional facts needed for the Yiddish-speaker to pass the civics test and so gain American citizenship. Printed in three columns: Far right, Yiddish; far left English transaltion; with the middle column in a curious English transliterated into Hebrew characters. An incisive example of the passionate desire to “Americanize” felt by the teeming masses of newly arrived Yiddish-speaking immigrants

pp.8. Later boards with original printed wrappers bound in, brittle, marginal tears. 8vo

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