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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book chronicles the life story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, born in 1872 to former slaves who would go on to find success in Moscow. After working in Chicago and Brooklyn, Thomas sought greater freedom in London, and eventually landed in Russia in 1899. There he became one of Moscow's richest and most famous owners of variety theaters and restaurants. During the Bolshevik Revolution he relocated to Constantinople where he made a second fortune...