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Subject: German poetry


Töne des Morgenlandes: A Book of Poetry by Isidor Kalisch, Detroit, 1865 Töne des Morgenlandes: A Book of Poetry by Isidor Kalisch, Detroit, 1865

This volume contains poetry in German by Isidor Kalisch, a Prussian-born rabbi residing in Detroit, Michigan. Published in 1865, it represents an early example of Midwestern Judaica and is possibly the first book of poetry published by a Jewish man in America, preceded only by a few Jewish women. WorldCat lists four copies of this rare work.