How the Other Half Lives · Character
The Czech
A representative Czech immigrant, likely a cigar maker.
minor
First appearance: XII: The Bohemians—Tenement-House Cigarmaking
The Czech shows up with force in XII: The Bohemians—Tenement-House Cigarmaking. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referenced in the context of historical ethnic hatred between Bohemians and Germans, echoing the Thirty Years' War.
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- Tenement Inhabitants and Reformers
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