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Oscar’s American Dream

By: Barry Wittenstein, 

Age: 6+  | Published by: Schwartz & Wade Books

ISBN: 9780525707691

In 1899, an immigrant named Oscar opens a barbershop and a century later, after becoming a lady's clothing store, soup kitchen, bodega, and more, the building is torn down but Oscar's legacy remains. Includes historical notes.

Keywords: 
1899-1999,  Black Tuesday,  change,  Civil Rights Movement,  corner store,  Ellis Island,  immigration,  Martin Luther King Jr.,  New York harbour,  Poland,  Roaring Twenties,  stock market crash,  suffragettes,  television,  the Great Depression,  US history,  USA,  women's rights,  World War II,  WW II, 

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