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    American dreams, lost and found; Chicago; Giants of jazz...
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Adam Starkopf

Born:
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Adam Starkopf lives in the Chicago, Illinois area.

Biography: He was imprisoned in Nazi-occupied Poland. He owned a sporting goods company and was a writer and fundraiser. In retirement, Mr. Starkopf was a regular speaker at Chicago-area schools and universities. He was one of the founding members of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois.

Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Adam Starkopf on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=adam+starkopf

Selected Titles

Will to live :
ISBN: 0791426203 OCLC: 794701366

State University of New York Press, Albany, NY : 1995.

 

 

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