About Us | |
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Author(s) | Chester Aaron |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill |
Publication date | 1967 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 239 |
OCLC Number | 1275695 |
About Us is a novel by the American writer Chester Aaron set in 1930s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It tells the story of the Kahns, a Jewish family who run a small general store in the fictional village of Sundown, a coal patch in Butler County, Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh. The protagonist is Benny Kahn, age eight when the novel begins, and his coming-of-age is sketched against the backdrop of the events of Great Depression through World War II.