"Finally, Nathan Straus receives his due. His life would have merited a biography, like this excellent one by Andrew Fisher, even if not for his transformative involvement in growing the nation's public health system, but this book offers a fine way to see that as well as the fuller breadth of his public service." - Hasia R. Diner, author of A New Promised Land: A History of Jews in America
"Nathan Straus, philanthropist, public health advocate, department store magnate, and a founding father of Mandate Palestine's public health system, has finally been memorialized in a full-length biography. Fisher has done a superb job of deftly piecing together the fabulous adventures of a remarkable man." - Howard Markel, author of The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix
"At last, a full-length biography of one of the greatest Jewish philanthropists that history forgot. Nathan Straus's contribution to public healthespecially by championing pasteurized milk for childrensaved countless lives in the U.S. and Palestine and demonstrated how strategic philanthropy can improve the world. Brimming with lessons for our time." - Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History
"A compelling and highly engaging story of a largely forgotten philanthropist and entrepreneur whose efforts helped shape the twentieth century, this book fills gaps in diverse historical subfields such as medicine, economics, childhood, and religion. This inspiring story is a must-read for anyone interested in philanthropic innovation." - Cynthia Connolly, professor emerita, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
"Finally, we have a comprehensive biography of Nathan Straus that does the great man justice. Fisher has crafted a scholarly, deeply referenced, and eminently readable book that tells the story of the legendary Straus family. Highly recommended to readers of Jewish history, philanthropy, commerce, politics, and public health." - Jeff Levin, author of Religion and Medicine: A History of the Encounter Between Humanity's Two Greatest Institutions
"Among his many accomplishments, Straus's adoption and promotion of pasteurization of milk, and his philanthropic support providing clean, "pasteurized" milk for children of poor families, stand as a major public health triumph." - Alfred Sommer, professor and dean emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Finally, a biography of a figure whose business acumen and relentless philanthropic initiative, like a Jewish Carnegie or Rockefeller, changed the structure of the modern world and saved countless children's lives! Fisher's compelling and deeply researched telling of Straus's world spans three continents, all classes of people, two wars, and Jewish and mainstream societycompleting our understanding of the remarkable Straus family." - Jaclyn Granick, author of International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War
