{"product_id":"pioneers-s-an-sky-9780815635048","title":"Pioneers: The First Breach","description":"When young Zalmen Itzkowitz steps off the train on a dark, dreary day at the close of the nineteenth century, the residents of Miloslavka have no idea what's in store for them. Zalmen is a freethinker who has come to the rural town to earn his living as a tutor. Yet, rather than teach Hebrew, he plans to teach his students the Russian language and other secular subjects. Residents of the town quickly become divided, with some regarding Itzkowitz as the devil's messenger and others supportive of his progressive ideas. Set during the time of the Haskalah, the great Jewish Enlightenment that was sweeping through Europe, \u003ci\u003ePioneers\u003c\/i\u003e is a charming tale of one ambivalent young man's attempt to join the movement and a compassionate portrait of one shtetl on the brink of transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. An-Sky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815635044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815635048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.69d","brand":"S. An-Sky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435704004863,"sku":"9780815635048","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7b68f33-5b78-4a0e-9fb3-58ef6fcc7e7f.jpg?v=1777152145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pioneers-s-an-sky-9780815635048","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}