Zishe the Strongman (2010)

by Robert Rubinstein

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At the age of 3, Zishe was lifting a nine-pound hammer in his father's blacksmith shop. By the age of eleven, there was not a bar he couldn't bend or a chain he could not snap. This is the unusual story of Zishe, a poor Polish Jew, who became the featured Strongman of circuses throughout the world. Based on the true story of Zishe of Lodz.… (more)

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I liked how this book told not only told of Zishe's incredible strength, but of his compassionate side as well. I think children would find this book entertaining, but I felt that the ending was kind of abrupt. (

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albethea | Sep 25, 2018 |

This picture book biography recounts the true-life story of Siegmund Breitbart or Zishe, a young Polish Jews, who went from a tiny village to touring the world demonstrating great feats of physical strength including hauling a wagonload of ten men with his teeth for a half a mile down Fifth Avenue (Kindergarten - Grade 3) (

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Zishe the Strongman

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2010

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Zishe the Strongman

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In honor of our little strongman, Yuri. Allyson & Alex Steselboim

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At the age of 3, Zishe was lifting a nine-pound hammer in his father's blacksmith shop. By the age of eleven, there was not a bar he couldn't bend or a chain he could not snap. This is the unusual story of Zishe, a poor Polish Jew, who became the featured Strongman of circuses throughout the world. Based on the true story of Zishe of Lodz.

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