About Us (novel)
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| Author | Chester Aaron |
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| Country |
 USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill |
Publication date | 1967 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 239 |
| OCLC | 1275695 |
About Us is a novel by the American writer Chester Aaron set in 1930s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
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.
References
- Demarest, David P. (1976). From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction about Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-1123-4.
- ↑ Lillard, Richard G. Portrait of an Adolescent America, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 1967