Description: Images of America: Wichita's Lebanese Heritage by Jay M. Price, Victoria Foth Sherry, and Matthew Namee On Sale!! -20% OFF!! -Retails: $24.95 Wichita, a city of entrepreneurs, offered an ideal home for Middle Eastern Christians who, fleeing the Muslim Ottoman Turkish oppression, started arriving in the 1890s to America. Initially identifying themselves as Syrians, from the Ottoman Empire, they operated as peddlers across southern Kansas and Oklahoma. Peddling rapidly gave way to wholesale, grocery, and dry goods companies. Patriarchs such as N. F. Farha and E. G. Stevens established themselves in local business and civic circles. Primarily Eastern Orthodox, the Lebanese established two churches, St. George Orthodox Christian Church and St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church, that became focal points of community life. After World War II, entrepreneurs responded to new opportunities, from real estate to supermarkets to the professions. In recent decades, an additional wave of immigrants from war-torn Lebanon has continued the entrepreneurial emigrant tradition. Product detailsPublisher: Arcadia Publishing; Illustrated edition (January 4, 2010)Language: EnglishPaperback: 128 pagesISBN-10: 0738577170ISBN-13: 978-0738577173Item Weight: 11.2 ouncesDimensions: 6.5 x 0.31 x 9.25 inchesUNSPSC-Code: 55101500 About the Authors:Jay M. Price is an associate professor of history at Wichita State University. His previous books include Wichita: 1860-1930, El Dorado: Legacy of an Oil Boom, and Wichita's Legacy of Flight. Victoria Foth Sherry served as founding director of the Heartland Orthodox Christian Museum in Topeka from 2001 to 2004. She has developed two touring exhibitions on Orthodox immigration to Kansas, including Nishkur Allah: Arab Christians in the Heartland. Matthew Namee, a descendant of one of Wichita's oldest Lebanese families, is a student at Wichita State University and is pursuing a career in law. Wichita State University students Raymond Crosse and Andrea Schniepp Burgardt provided additional research and support for the book. ----------------------------------------- Shipping: Dear Buyers, PLEASE BE PATIENT for your packages to be shipped and to arrive! We have upto 10 business days for our 100% volunteer staff, working hard, as fast as they can to fulfil your order along with ALL the other orders in the order that they were received. If you need your purchase EXPEDITED, please make sure to purchase "PRIORITY MAIL" postage in your purchase and message us to expedited. Only PURCHASED "Priority Mail" postage can be expedited and rushed!Keep in mind: Any mailing delays are due to USPS (or other mail carrier) and that WE have NO control over the mail: the shipping, and the scanning of the packages. We will be happy to help you sort out any issues but are NOT responsible for these issues out of our control! Please remember: Any and all "Import taxes & duties" are the buyer's responsibility! Thank You for your understanding and patience. -Free Local Pickup in DFW area! ----------------------------------------- Instead of clicking "buy it now", -Click "Add to cart" to combine your purchases and shipments! Please see our other items for sale: www.ebay.com/str/stsch-orthodox-bookstore ----------------------------------------- We're building a new church! If you would like to help, please donate to:Saints Constantine & Helen Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church
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Book Title: Wichita's Lebanese Heritage
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2010
Topic: Ethnic Studies / General, Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / MidWest / West North Central (IA, Ks, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Sd), Customs & Traditions
Item Height: 0.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Photography, Travel, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Author: Victoria Foth Sherry, Jay M. Price, Matthew Namee
Item Length: 9.2 in
Book Series: Images of America Ser.
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
