from homesteader to art collector

author: robert zaretsky hardcover number of pages: 144 dimensions: 6.25 x 9.13 x 0.9 in / 15.88 x 23.19 x 2.29 cm estimated shipping date: 7-10 days from date of purchase browse the full moonlight book club here about this book: A remarkable man who “led an extraordinary life.”Leaving an equally impressive legacy as both an art collector and philanthropist, Jacob Greenberg’s life, spanning most of the twentieth century, illuminates many unfamiliar yet fascinating facets to the American Jewish experience.After his birth on a homestead in the Badlands of North Dakota to Eastern European Jewish immigrants, Greenberg was fortunate to pursue intellectual studies, first at the progressive Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul, then the University of Minnesota, and Columbia University. He focused on economic geography, and upon graduation, he served an apprenticeship at the Sears headquarters in Chicago under the transformative direction of Julius Rosenwald.Determined to follow his ow