# Rise of David Levinsky

An audiobook by Abraham Cahan, read by LibriVox volunteers (18 h 51 min, English).

Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward to help Yiddish-speaking immigrants adjust to life in New York. He also became a popular novelist, best known for his semi-autobiographical The Rise of David Levinsky, about a Russian Jew who emigrates to America and rises from rags to riches. - Summary modified from Wikipedia Proof-listened by marinal88 and Mark Chulsky

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