A Jewish Life Under The Tsars
Marsden, Norman
Brilliant and insightful, Chaim Aronson overcame grinding poverty and a poor education to become a master craftsman and inventor. Yet, forced to partner with clueless aristocrats and scheming middlemen, he could never quite make a decent living for himself and his family. Aronson left rural Sered¿ius, Lithuania, studied in Vilna, married and started in business in Telz (Tel¿iai), and opened stores and factories in St. Petersburg, before emigra...