Marshall, David. <br/><br/>
Forgetting Fathers :  Untold Stories from an Orphaned Past. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (348 pages) 
 - Excelsior Editions Series .
 - Excelsior Editions Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Note to the Reader -- Preface -- 1. Presented to David Marshall -- 2. Finding Names -- 3. Inscribing Names -- 4. A Posthumous Child -- 5. Traces of the Father -- 6. Traces of the Tailor: Becoming a Contractor -- 7. Traces of the Tailor: On Strike -- 8. Special Circumstances of the Case -- 9. Reading the Death Certificate -- 10. Reading the Death Certificate: The Place of Death -- 11. Reading the Death Certificate: The Name of the Physician -- 12. Reading the Death Certificate: The Name of the Disease -- 13. The Case of H. W. -- 14. The Pavilion for the Insane -- 15. The Place of Burial: Machpelah -- 16. Saying Kaddish for a Ghost -- 17. Picturing a Future -- 18. Picturing a Past -- 19. A Ghost and a Memory -- 20. Searches and Signs -- 21. Returning to Machpelah -- Notes. 
<br/><br/> An eloquent personal reflection on the fascination of family history and the desire to both discover and escape origins. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781438458939 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Marshall, David, 1953--Family.<br/>Marshall family.<br/>Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York.<br/>Jews--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>Jewish orphanages--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>Jews, Belarusian--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>Death certificates--New York (State)--New York.<br/>New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F128.9.J5M36 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>974.700492/4