BRELIS, DEAN [CONSTANTINOS CHRISTOS] — Shalom

Boston, Little Brown & Co. 1959, 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Ben Shahn. Book, Greek American journalist & writer. [Born Constantinos Christos Brelis on April 1,1924 in Newport, R.I. Died Nov 2006.] After serving in the US military in 1948 he entered a DP camp in Europe and went to Israel with a group of refugees. This novel "opens in Marseilles in 1948, a few months before Israel became a nation. It describes the adventures and the relationships of a band of Jewish refugees who leave a detention camp on a freighter bound for the Promised Land". and reflects some of the experiences of that time and place which he observed as a journalist. Jacket illustrated by . by Ben Shahn.262-p. Fine/Near Fine - Slight Chips.