The Jewish government and other stories

Lamed Shapiro was born and lived in the Ukraine. He visited the United States in 1905 and again in 1911. One of the most important short story writers in Yiddish, he was "a successor to the first generation of Yiddish writers . . . but after some early influence he departed radically from their style and subject matter. . . ." (Publisher's note) show more (Bowker Author Biography) show less