The Worst Hard Time

The Worst Hard Time

by

Timothy Egan

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One of the first Jewish settlers on the High Plains and, with his brother,Morris Herzstein, owner of a general store. Herzstein first settled in Clayton, New Mexico with his brother, where they opened their first store. They intended to expand their business throughout the Southern Plains. After he was robbed by Black Jack Ketchum, Levi organized a posse and “chased Black Jack’s gang up among the dormant volcanoes of the Llano Estacado,” then near No Man’s Land. Black Jack shot him in the stomach and Levi bled to death.

Levi Herzstein Quotes in The Worst Hard Time

The The Worst Hard Time quotes below are all either spoken by Levi Herzstein or refer to Levi Herzstein . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
Chapter 6 Quotes

Some people said Jews were to blame for the bad times—that they did not belong in this country, a place where the Texan had boasted that its citizens were “of the highest type of Anglo-Saxon ancestry.” In Nebraska, four thousand people gathered on the capitol steps, blaming the “Jewish system of banking” for the implosion of the economy. They held banners with rattlesnakes, labeled as Jews, coiled around the American farmer.

Related Characters: Levi Herzstein , Morris Herzstein
Page Number: 96
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Levi Herzstein Quotes in The Worst Hard Time

The The Worst Hard Time quotes below are all either spoken by Levi Herzstein or refer to Levi Herzstein . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Westward Expansion and the Settlement of the Southern Plains Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6 Quotes

Some people said Jews were to blame for the bad times—that they did not belong in this country, a place where the Texan had boasted that its citizens were “of the highest type of Anglo-Saxon ancestry.” In Nebraska, four thousand people gathered on the capitol steps, blaming the “Jewish system of banking” for the implosion of the economy. They held banners with rattlesnakes, labeled as Jews, coiled around the American farmer.

Related Characters: Levi Herzstein , Morris Herzstein
Page Number: 96
Explanation and Analysis: