So Far Away

Rochlin, Harriet

Jove

When people think of the Jewish immigrant experience, it's usually the Lower East Side of New York that comes to mind. But, in fact, thousands of Jews lived in western mining towns and on ranches and trading posts in the late nineteenth century. In this "colorful history of Jewish settlers in the West . . . that stereotype of the urban Jew is vigorously and even exuberantly rejected" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES). PIONEER JEWS is a vivid and thorough chronicle of the lives, experiences, and contributions of the Jewish men and women who helped shape the American frontier.

Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West

History

Rochlin, Fred

World

Mariner Books

From their storehouse of information . . . the Rochlins have produced an 'illustrated social history' packed with information and anecdotes likely to surprise most readers -New York Times Book Review "American Jewish history in a fresh, Far Western light-unpreoccupied by traditional themes . . . and closer in outlook to other expressions of ethnic frontier pride: the surprise is that it's a legitimate approach . . . . Something of an accolade, yes-but also something more: a strong suggestion that these were 'different Jews . . . with an exuberance that is still discernible' " -Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Built on some twenty years research, the Rochlins' book is riveting, at once a dramatic story and mindbroadening journey into the past" -Publishers Weekly "A fascinating panorama of Jewish life in the Far West . . . . The Rochlins, themselves, are good examples of Jews who were born in the west, and committed themselves to enriching Jewish life in their communities. However, any understanding of Jewish life in a specific locale means recounting its history, and that is what this husband and wife have committed themselves to" -Jerusalem Post Magazine "Pioneer Jews . . . is a delightful work, the illustrations are particularly beautiful. Future historians of Jewry will rise up and call Harriet and Fred Rochlin blessed" -Dr. Jacob Marcus, Director, American Jewish Archives

iUniverse

San Francisco, 1875-1880 
Torn Between her feminist group leader and her traditional Jewish family, Frieda leads a double life aspiring "Elevated Feminine Spirit" and unpaid, overworked cook at her father's kosher boardinghouse until a lusty Arizona pioneer, a Jew but not "strict," proposes marriage.

The Reformer's Apprentice: A Novel of Old San Francisco

Literature & Fiction

United States

Roots West Press

Americas

Fithian Press

In The First Lady of Dos Cacahuates, Frieda Levie, a Jewish San Franciscan, moves to Dos Cacahuates on the Arizona-Sonora border to set up a new life with her new husband, Bennie. She learns the ways of frontier desert life--its customs, its deprivations--and becomes devoted to the life shes chosen.

The First Lady of DOS Cacahuates

Contemporary

Fithian Pr

Arizona-Sonora outpost, 1880: Her adoring husband promises love, status, camaraderie, wealth. Her father predicts she'll cry to come home. Frieda experiences sandstorms, flashfloods, hard work, heat, infidelity (hers), chicanery, disappointment. She cries--but not to go home.

On Her Way Home

Told from the viewpoint of a strong-minded young Jewish woman, On Her Way Home, the third novel in Harriet Rochlin's acclaimed Desert Dwellers Trilogy, is good-hearted, action-packed, and full of the rugged frontier spirit of Arizona in the 1880s.

ON HER WAY HOME

Arts & Photography

Daniel & Daniel Publishers

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