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Rachel Calofs Story Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Rachel Calofs Story Jewish Homesteader On The Northern Plains CalofRikoon There are four main parts to this book The first and most important is My Story by Rachel Bella Calof This is a first person narrative of Rachels early life in Russia her travel to the US as a mailorder bride and her life as a Jewish homesteader in northern North Dakota Rachel Calofs Story Jewish Homesteader on the Northern In 1894 eighteenyearold Rachel Bella Kahn travelled from Russia to the United States for an arranged marriage to Abraham Calof an immigrant homesteader in North Dakota Rachel Calof’s Story combines her memoir of a hard pioneering life on the prairie with scholarly essays that provide historical and cultural background and show her narrative to be both unique and a representative western tale Rachel Calofs Story Jewish Homesteader on the Northern In Ramsey County North Dakota where the Calofs settled over ninety homestead claims were filed by members of Jewish farm families Many families like Rachel and Abraham were able to file more than one claim Rachel Calofs Story Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Rachel Bella Kahn came to this country in 1894 to meet Abraham Calof husbandtobe and moved with him to the Northern Plains to a homestead in North Dakota where they got married and raised nine children They suffered through many disasters but their farm flourished in the later years In 1917 they left for an easier life in St Paul Minnesota Rachel Calof’s Story Jewish Homesteader on the Northern RACHEL CALOFS STORY JEWISH HOMESTEADER ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS by Rachel Bella Calof 20 Hardcover 1295 Paperback This is no Little House on the Retro Review ‘Rachel Calof’s Story Jewish Homesteader on The Calofs however stayed on the land for 20 years eventually moving to Minnesota Very little evidence exists today of the Jewish homesteaders’ settlement in that area but for a monument honoring the settlement at the Son of Jacob Cemetery in Devil’s Lake which holds graves of some of the Jewish settlers in the region Rachel Calofs Story Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains Rachel Calofs Story Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains Rachel Calof Author J Sanford Rikoon Author J Sanford Rikoon Editor Indiana University Press 1395 176p ISBN 9780253209863 Rachel Calofs Story Jewish Homesteader on the Northern I came upon Laura Ingalls Wilders prairie stories as an adult while reading them to my son I was as captivated by Rachel Calofs autobiography Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains which I read in one sitting mesmerized by a Jewish pioneer spirit as strong and as compelling as that of her Christian counterpart Rachel Calofs story Jewish homesteader on the Northern Includes bibliographical references and index Rachel Calofs story Jewish homesteader on the Northern Plains Item Preview 9780253209863 Rachel Calofs Story Jewish Homesteader on In 1894 eighteenyearold Rachel Bella Kahn travelled from Russia to the United States for an arranged marriage to Abraham Calof an immigrant homesteader in North Dakota Rachel Calof’s Story combines her memoir of a hard pioneering life on the prairie with scholarly essays that provide historical and cultural background and show her narrative to be both unique and a representative western tale
