A PEDDLER'S DREAM

by Janice Shefelman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1992

A classic immigrant success story with a protagonist more unusual in children's literature than in real life: a Lebanese American. Solomon Joseph Azar isn't fazed by his four-week voyage: ""After all, the blood of seafaring Phoenicians flowed in his veins."" Starting as a peddler, he soon gets a place in a shop and can return to Lebanon, in 1911, to fetch his betrothed; later, he inherits the store and, after a disastrous fire, is able to rebuild, bigger and better. The straightforward, well-researched story is attractively illustrated in pen and watercolor with a wealth of period details.

Pub Date: Sept. 1, 1992

ISBN: 1571682945

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1992

Categories: CHILDREN'S