| Edition |
First Restless Books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 265 pages : map ; 24 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Translation of: Los crímenes de Moisés Ville : una historia de guachos y judios. |
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Text in English, translated from the Spanish. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-258). |
| Note |
First published under title: Los crímenes de Moisés Ville : una historia de gauchos y judíos. Buenos Aires : Tusquets Editores, 2013. |
| Summary |
Award-winning journalist Javier Sinay investigates a series of murders from the nineteenth century, unearthing the complex history and legacy of Moisés Ville, the "Jerusalem of South America," and his personal connection to a defining period of Jewish history in Argentina. |
| Contents |
The journey -- An Argentine Jerusalem -- Definitely endangered -- Krisis Disco, Moisesvishe -- Memory and myth in the cemetary -- Rebellion in the colony -- The killing and the Waisman family (and remembrance as duty) -- Legacies and sentences -- A journalist's dream -- The enigma of Der Viderkol -- News of a murder in Die Volks Stimme -- Cops and colonists -- Alternative histories -- Final versions of an incomplete history. |
| Subject |
Sinay, Javier, 1980-
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Moisés Ville (Argentina) -- History.
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Immigrants -- Argentina -- Moisés Ville -- History.
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Murder -- Argentina -- Moisés Ville -- History -- 19th century.
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Jews -- Crimes against -- Argentina -- Moisés Ville -- History -- 19th century.
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Murder -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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| Genre |
True crime stories.
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| Added Author |
Croll, Robert, 1993- translator.
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| Added Title |
Crímenes de Moisés Ville. English
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| ISBN |
9781632062987 (hardcover) : $28.00 |
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1632062984 (hardcover) |
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