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Great Neck : a novel, Jay Cantor

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Summary
In 1960, a group of friends are plucked from their sixth grade classroom in privileged Great Neck, Long Island and confronted for the first time with the horrors of the Holocaust. They hear a challenge from the past, a cry from history to set the world on a better course; but it is the murder of a much-loved older brother during Mississippi's Freedom Summer that makes their mission clear
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
703 pages
Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Isbn
9780375413940
Instance
Label
Great Neck : a novel
Title
Great Neck
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Jay Cantor
Title variation
Great neck
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In 1960, a group of friends are plucked from their sixth grade classroom in privileged Great Neck, Long Island and confronted for the first time with the horrors of the Holocaust. They hear a challenge from the past, a cry from history to set the world on a better course; but it is the murder of a much-loved older brother during Mississippi's Freedom Summer that makes their mission clear
Summary
Describes a group of friends, black and white, growing up radical amid the turbulence of the sixties and seventies, following them from their 1960 sixth-grade class in Great Neck to their involvement in civil rights and peace movements
Award
  • Booklist Editors' Choice, 2003.
  • New York Times Notable Book, 2003
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
072216
Cataloging source
dx
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Cantor, Jay
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Jews
  • Baby boom generation
  • Civil rights workers
  • African Americans
  • Peace movements
  • Friendship
  • Radicals
  • Great Neck (N.Y.)
  • Mississippi
Target audience
adult
Label
Great Neck : a novel, Jay Cantor
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
703 pages
Isbn
9780375413940
Lccn
2002067123
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
9780375413940
Label
Great Neck : a novel, Jay Cantor
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
703 pages
Isbn
9780375413940
Lccn
2002067123
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
9780375413940

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