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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA / ZIONISM). AARON SOLOMON ABRAMOWITZ. Ra'ayonei Aharon. FIRST EDITION. pp. (1), 51. Original printed boards. 8vo. Goldman, 998. New York, 1919. History of the founding of Zichron Ya’akov in which the author played a major role and here refutes the claim that the members of Bilu were the earliest settlers in Eretz Israel. Also includes information concerning Abramowitz’s activities in America on behalf of the Zionist cause. He planned to utilize proceeds from the sale of this book to return to Eretz Israel; he implored: “Do not follow the typical custom of not rewarding a person in his lifetime - as was done to [Christopher] Columbus” (p. 5).