Follows the adventures of Isaac, a young Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe who becomes a cowboy on a horse ranch in North Dakota at the turn of the century.
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The title of this 1942 Yiddish novel holds out the delicious promise of adventure on horseback, with a touch of Isaac Bashevis Singer's wry wit. But the book, based on Raboy's own turn-of-the-century experiences and newly translated into English, is more like a slice of prairie life, with little derring-do and a lot of tedious chores. The hero, an immigrant horse-lover called Isaac who toils in New York City sweatshops, moves to North Dakota to pursue a career as a ranchhand and to serve as an example of a "constructive" Jew. But his boss turns out to be cruel, miserly and anti-Semitic to boot, and Isaac soon becomes disillusioned with the West. He is also unable to find romance, never quite consummating an on-again, off-again relationship with a servant, and greeting his boss's wife's admission of feelings for him with a flat, "That's very interesting." The novel makes easy reading, but Raboy's writing is a mixture of the pedestrian, the over-earnest and the shmaltzy, with only rare moments of drama or humor.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Text: English, Yiddish (translation)
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This book is the true account of a Jew who leaves New Jersey, after emmigrating from Bessarabia, and heads West to try his hand as a cowboy. Since my own family came from Bessarabia and later settled in New Jersey, and since I, too, have a special gift for working with horses, I loved this book.
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