First Tuesday Book Club

Haskell, Arlo. The Jews of Key West: Smugglers, Cigar Makers, and Revolutionaries (1823-1969). 208 pages; Pub: 2017. (Elsie)

Pluck, inge­nu­ity, tenac­i­ty, intel­li­gence, and cre­ativ­i­ty are words that apt­ly describe the char­ac­ter­is­tics of the pio­neer­ing Jews who set­tled in iso­lat­ed and beau­ti­ful Key West, Flori­da. Their fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry is skill­ful­ly told by Arlo Haskell in his book The Jews of Key West: Smug­glers, Cig­ar Mak­ers and Rev­o­lu­tion­ar­ies (1823−1969). Haskell fills his social his­to­ry with detailed and col­or­ful sketch­es of indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies, bring­ing their accom­plish­ments to life through per­son­al let­ters, con­tem­po­ra­ne­ous news­pa­per arti­cles, and archival pho­tos and drawings.” Jewish Book Council
Available to buy:$24 –  https://shop.booksandbookskw.com/book/9780984331277
No copies available at either DCPL or MCP

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