Amerikanisher Brifen-Shteler by Alexander Harkavy

Bilingual Yiddish/English text

For new immigrants to America Brivnshtelers or “Letter Writers” offered ready-made Yiddish and English missives for every occasion, from “Note of Thanks for the Loan of a Book” to “From a Lady to a Gentleman Accusing Him of Infidelity and Demanding the Return of Her Letters.”

Harkavy's American Letter Writer with useful information and a treatise on book keeping in English and Yiddish. Originally published in 1902. Reissued in 1999 by Aaron Lansky in honor of the members of the National Yiddish Book Center.

Paperback 1999