[PW] (no subject)

[michelereich at optonline.net]

Donna:
 
I passed your information on to my patron.  It was the Voyage of the Damned by Gordon and Witts (1974) that she was looking for.
 
Many thanks for taking the time to help me.
 
Best,
 
Michele Reich
 
Reference Librarian
Gordon Library
WPI
Worcester, MA

----- Original Message -----
From: Donna Halper 
Date: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:40 am
Subject: Re: [PW] Looking for a non-fiction title
To: list at project-wombat.org

> At 04:20 PM 11/10/2007, you wrote:
> >Hi:
> >
> >I have a patron looking for a book she read during the 1960's 
> or 
> >1970's about the boat of German Jews that Roosevelt turned away.
> 
> I believe your patron is referring to the shameful incident 
> involving 
> the "St. Louis", a boatload of Jewish refugees turned away 
> because 
> the notoriously anti-Semitic Cordell Hull persuaded the 
> administration it would set a bad precedent to admit them... 
> There 
> is a Canadian book about it called "None is Too Many," but I 
> doubt 
> that's what your patron read...
> 
> Donna L. Halper, Journalism Dept. Emerson College Boston MA
> 
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