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Solving The Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
by Tom ReissThis article relates to The Orientalist
The story of Lev Nussimbaum's life starts in Baku, the capital of
Azeraijan at the turn of the 20th century.
Thanks to the joys of the internet you too can travel to Baku by browsing the local English language newspaper, the Baku Sun,
which includes a guide to the city
and even what's on the TV today. Isn't the web a wonderful thing!
Ali and
Nino (1938) and The
Girl From The Golden Horn (1939) by Said Kurban (aka Lev
Nussimbaum) are both available at Amazon. Writing as Essad Bey,
Naussimbaum is also believed to be the author of Blood and Oil in the
Orient (1929), Stalin, the Career of a Fanatic (1931), and
various other titles.
Interesting Fact from the Q&A with the author
Hitler's first press secretary, Putzi Hanfstangl, was a Harvard man (class of
'04). In his
memoirs, he describes how Hitler would go wild with excitement when he played
the football marches and recounted the hysteria that the pep rallies could whip
up in the stadium. Putzi claims that the Nazi's "Sieg Heil!" was inspired by
Harvard's "Fight Harvard! Fight! Fight! Fight!" chant. (more)
This article relates to The Orientalist.
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