Hot Time in the Old Town the naturals doing things for fellow Jews

doing things for fellow Jews in need

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star of PBS's A Chef's Life and Somewhere South

Hot Time in the Old Town the naturals doing things for fellow JewsOne of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. The heat coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City at the height of the catastrophe. As historian Edward P. Kohn shows, Bryan's hopes for the presidency began to flag amidst the abhorrent heat just as a