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From 1925 to 1945, Benjamin Swig was a real estate operator. He was a partner of the real estate firm Swig, Weiler and Arnow that was founded in 1936, [1] [2] which became the Swig company. [3] In the 1940s, he moved to San Francisco, which he loved. [4] He bought the Fairmont Hotel in 1945, and later the St. Francis Hotel. [5]
Fugitive Pieces is a novel by the Canadian poet and novelist Anne Michaels.The story is divided into two sections. The first centers around Jakob Beer, a Polish Holocaust survivor, while the second involves a man named Ben, the son of two Holocaust survivors.
The book is composed of four fictional texts: A Novel (Bonds), an incomplete autobiography (My Life), a completed memoir (A Memoir, Remembered), and a diary (Futures). While each book focuses on many of the same characters, the information included in each is often mutually exclusive, with it being left up to the reader to determine the truth.
Weiler was born to a poor Jewish family in Svyatsk, Russian Empire, the seventh of ten children. [2] His father, Faivel, was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar. [2] In 1910, the family moved to the United States and settled in Manhattan and then the Bronx where his father taught yeshiva students. [2]
Swig installed his son, Benjamin Swig, as the bank's treasurer. Alongside Tremont, Swig also gained control of the Tamiami Banking of Company of Miami, Florida in 1926. [1] Swig was a popular figure in the Boston banking world, but rose to prominence for his involvement in uncovering Charles Ponzi's banking irregularities known as the "Ponzi ...
The book explores Logan's early childhood in the 1930s, giving his personal account of his memories and life experiences, and the lessons he learned from his parents, neighbors and three older brothers. The Land Remembers has received critical acclaim for its familiarity and depth, with many praising its beautiful language and relevant themes.
Wonderstruck (2011) is an American young-adult fiction novel written and illustrated by Brian Selznick, who also created The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007). In Wonderstruck, Selznick continued the narrative approach of his last book, using both words and illustrations — though in this book he separates the illustrations and the writings into their own story and weaves them together at the end.
Drunk History is an American educational comedy television series produced by Comedy Central, based on the Funny or Die web series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner in 2007. [1]