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Hardcover in publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 368 pages. Sources, Index. Illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Large, fold-out genealogical chart of America’s Sephardi elite affixed to rear inside cover. Stated first edition. Beginning in 1654 with twenty-three Sephardic Jewish families arriving in New Amsterdam aboard a French privateer Stephen Birmingham unravels an astounding tale of the rise to prominence of this insular, overlooked segment of the early American experiment who influenced-and continue to influence – American society. No previous ownership marks. A solid, clean copy with no markings to text. Dust-jacket shows several chips and tears along top edge. Fold-out chart in excellent condition. Near very good in a fair dust-jacket.