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• Annotation:
• Comics legend Will Eisner's autobiographical graphic novel spans two world wars and reflects on how anti-semitism and the pressures of assimilation shape a family and Eisner himself.
• Creator:
• Author - Will Eisner
• Publication Information:
• W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2008
• Color or Black & White:
• Genre:
• Autobiography/Memoir
• Bibliography Available:
• No
• Original Language
• English
• Historical Topic/Event
• World War (1939-1945)
• World War (1914-1918)
• Geographic Setting:
• New York - Bronx
• New York - Brooklyn
• Austria - Vienna
• Date Range:
• 1880 - 1942
• Tags:
• antisemitism, socialism, nationalism, anti-semitism, childhood, comics, europe, great depression, immigrants, jewish, wwi, wwii
• Notes:
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