{"product_id":"king-chicago-memories-daniel-friedman-9781631440687","title":"The King of Chicago: Memories of My Father by Daniel Friedman","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe King of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a father-son relationship as real and hugely loving as that in Philip Roth’s \u003ci\u003ePatrimony\u003c\/i\u003e. At its heart is a young son who tries furiously to heal his father from a violent childhood inside a Chicago orphanage. The orphanage, the Marks Nathan Home, still stands today on the West Side of Chicago, marked by a tarnished, barely legible plaque. Once home to 14,000 Jewish orphans, it is now just another barely remembered relic of a great city. Using original articles from the orphanage newspaper, Friedman attempts to reconstruct and understand his father’s childhood, a time that his father never discussed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Expanding its reach, \u003ci\u003eThe King of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a multigenerational saga of Jewish life, moving from a mysterious little man named Kasiel, who arrived in the Port of Baltimore in 1903 with two dollars to his name, to the factory floor of a scrap paper business, a golf course where children played without knowing the rules, and a home on the North Shore among fellow immigrants looking for something better for their children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At its core, this memoir is both a snapshot of immigrant life in Chicago in the early twentieth century and a poignant reminder about the need to never forget who you are and where you come from.","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707863667003,"sku":"1631440683","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9781631440687.jpg?v=1780791674","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/king-chicago-memories-daniel-friedman-9781631440687","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}